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Net costs of dementia in Sweden
— an incidence based 10 year simulation study | | Author(s) | Anders Skoldunger, Anders Wimo, Kristina Johnell |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 27, no 11, November 2012 |
| Pages | pp 1112-1117 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Costs [care] ; Costs ; Mathematical models ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Ageing of the population results in increasing number people suffering from dementia, and this will have a great impact on costs for the society. Because of the long duration of dementia disorders, it is difficult to collect empirical data for the whole survival period of incident cases. Therefore, modelling approaches are frequently used. This study was to describe the costs of an incident dementia cohort with progression modelling. Epidemiological data indicate that the incidence of dementia in Sweden was 24,000 people in 2005. Incident cases were run in a Markov model for 10 cycles of 1 year each. Severity state specific costs were used and defined by Clinical Dementia Rating scale. The total cost for the cohort was 27.24 billion Swedish Krona (SEK). The mean cost per person and year was 269,558 SEK. Total cost for long-term institutional care was 21 billion SEK during the modelled period. The cost of long-term institutional care is the major cost driver, even in mild dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026075 A |
| Classmark | EA: QDC: WC: 3LM: 3J: 76P |
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