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| The economic and social costs of dementia in Ireland | | Author(s) | Eamon O'Shea, Siobhan O'Reilly |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 3, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 208-218 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Costs [care] ; Social economics ; Statistics [data] ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | The economic burden of a disease on society is essentially the value of all resources used to prevent, treat and generally cope with the disease. In this paper, the economic and social impact of dementia in Ireland is assessed using the burden of illness framework suggested by Z Rothstein et al (Israeli Journal of Medical Science, 1996), incorporating direct and indirect, formal and informal costs. Data from a variety of sources are used for six main areas covered in the cost analysis: mortality and life years lost; in-patient acute care; in-patient psychiatric care; family care; primary and community care; and residential long-stay care. While results indicate that the baseline costs of the illness associated with dementia is substantial at just under IR£250 million, the most important aspect of the work is the distribution of the burden. The critical role of carers in maintaining people with dementia in their own home is reflected in the results showing that family care accounts for almost 50% of the overall resource burden, based on opportunity cost valuation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000502015 A |
| Classmark | EA: QDC: W4: 6C: 763 |
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