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| Direct costs associated with mild cognitive impairment in primary care | | Author(s) | Melanie Luppa, Sven Heinrich, Herbert Matschinger |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 9, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 963-971 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Costs [care] ; General practice ; Germany. |
| Annotation | As part of the German Research Network on Dementia, this study investigates the direct costs associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) according to recent diagnostic criteria from a societal perspective. 452 primary care patients aged 75+ from Leipzig were investigated in face-to-face interviews regarding MCI according to the current diagnostic criteria of the International Working Group on MCI, resource utilisation and costs (questionnaire of service utilisation and costs), as well as chronic medical illness (Chronic Disease Score). Resource utilisation was monetarily valued using 2004/2005 prices. Mean annual costs were Ç4443 for the 39 patients with MCI and Ç3814 for the 413 patients without MCI. Looking at the cost comparisons, patients with or without MCI only differed significantly on pharmaceutical costs (Ç1210 vs Ç1062) not caused by antidementive drugs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081009207 A |
| Classmark | E4: QDC: L5: 767 |
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