Net costs of dementia by disease stage: results of the German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe)
H Leicht, D Heider, H Bickel, H van den Bussche, W Maier, SG Riedel-Heller, S Weyerer, HH König · Psychiatrische Praxis · 2011 · Heft 04
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Background/Objectives: Costs of dementia are substantial and nursing care accounts for a large share of costs. However, few studies have comprehensively assessed the use of formal and informal nursing care. The purpose of this study was to estimate net costs of dementia by disease stage on the basis of patient-level data, adopting a societal perspective and including all costs of nursing care. Methods: In a cross-sectional study performed within the „German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients“ (AgeCoDe), health care resource use and costs of illness (COI) were assessed in 176 dementi…
