Systematic monitoring and evaluation of health and social care data provide evidence for policy development and service delivery, improve accessibility to and coordination of care for people with dementia, and allow a better understanding and detection of population-level changes and trends.

Indicates whether the ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of measures that include performance of activities in the health system occurs for people with dementia. Monitoring and reporting can be in the form of a specific report focused on dementia, or if not a dedicated report, a chapter on dementia integrated into a mental health, NCD or ageing report. For countries with a federated system, refer to the monitoring systems of the majority of states/provinces or the majority of the population in the country.

Can occur by means of a patient registry, aggregate data or medical records from various sources measured at a system level (national, subnational or local level). Responses provided by the national authority.

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