Table 1 Structure of document corpus and overview of publishers
Countries | National document available | Number of documents | Document type by country definition | Document type by own definition | Reason for classification | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | Yes | 2 | Guideline Evidence report | Guideline Evidence report | Evidence-based Nonbinding No recommendations | Competence Center Integrated Care, Vienna Regional Health Insurance Fund Ministry of Health |
Belgium (Flanders) | Yes | 4 | Memorandum Memorandum Action framework Transition plan | Recommendations Recommendations Guideline Guideline | Low normative character Evidence-based Nonbinding Evidence-based Nonbinding | Dementia Competence Center, Alzheimer League European Patent Office publishing company Cabinet Minister for Public Health |
Bulgaria | Yes | 1 | National consensus | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Society of Neurology |
Croatia | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cyprus | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Czech Republic | Yes | 3 | Recommendations (three times) | Recommendations (three times) | Evidence-based Nonbinding | 2 x Neurological Clinic, 1 x Society for General Practitioners |
Denmark | Yes | 4 | Policy (four times) | Guideline (four times) | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Ministry of Health |
England, Wales | Yes | 1 | Policy | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | NICE – Institution of the Ministry of Health |
Estonia | Yes | 1 | Guideline | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Society for Neurologists and Neurosurgeons |
Finland | Yes | 1 | Recommendations | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Medical Council |
France | Yes | 4 | Guideline Continuation sheet Recommendations Recommendations | Guideline Continuation sheet Recommendations Recommendations | Evidence-based Recommendations Low normative character | Ministry of Health Ministry of Health Ministry of Health Ministry of Health |
Germany | Yes | 1 | Guideline | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Society of Neurology, DGPPN |
Greece | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Hungary | Yes | 1 | Protocol | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Ministry of Health |
Ireland | Yes | 1 | Guideline | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Quality and Safety in Practice Committee |
Italy | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Latvia | Yes | 1 | Policies | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Society for Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Lithuania | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Luxembourg | Yes | 1 | Guideline | Recommendations | Low normative character | Ministry of Health |
Malta | Yes | 1 | – | Recommendations | Low normative character | Ministry of Health |
Netherlands | Yes | 2 | Policy Guideline | Guideline Guideline | Systematically developed Evidence-based Nonbinding | Association for Clinical Geriatrics Ministry of Health, Alzheimer Netherlands |
Northern Ireland | Yes | 1 | Policy | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | The British Psychological Society and Gaskell |
Poland | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Portugal | Yes | 1 | Standards | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Ministry of Health |
Romania | Yes | 1 | Guideline | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Ministry of Health |
Scotland | Yes | 1 | Standards | Policy | Instruction, legal foundation | Government |
Slovakia | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Slovenia | Yes | 2 | Policy Official gazette | Guideline Strategy | Evidence-based Nonbinding No recommendations | Psychiatric Association of the Medical Council Government |
Spain | Yes | 1 | Guideline | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Ministry of Science and Innovation |
Sweden | Yes | 2 | Policy (two times) | Guideline (two times) | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Central Office for Health (governmental authority) Dementia diagnosis |
Iceland | Yes | 1 | Guideline | Guideline | Evidence-based Nonbinding | Ministry of Health |
Liechtenstein | No | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Norway | Yes | 1 | Policy | Policy | Legal basis | Ministry of Health |
Switzerland | Yes | 3 | Policy Recommendations Recommendations | Policy Guideline Recommendations | Legally binding Evidence-based Low normative character | Academy of Medical Sciences Medical associations Swiss Alzheimer’s Association |
EU/EFTA | 27 | 43 | Â | Â | Â | Â |