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| Cost of illness due to dementia in Sweden | | Author(s) | A Wimo, G Karlsson, P O Sandman |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 8, August 1997 |
| Pages | pp 857-861 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Costs [care] ; Costs ; Economics ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The gross cost of illness due to dementia in Sweden was estimated to be SEK30.7 billion in 1991, while the net cost was estimated to be SEK20 billion. The sensitivity analysis showed a variation between SEK20 billion and SEK36 billion in 1991. The authors state that in a cost-of-illness analysis, all types of relevant costs should be included. In studying costs associated with dementia, the following information is crucial: estimates of the prevalence of dementia; information about how demented patients are distributed in the health care system; and definitions of the types of costs included and basic underlying cost figures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980827258 A |
| Classmark | EA: QDC: WC: W: 76P |
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