Health care and caregiving costs for dementia patients in the final five years of life are far more burdensome than they are for patients with cancer,heart diseaseand other illnesses, a new study suggests. The study found that total "social costs" -- such as government spending, private insur...
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[1],[2]. The differential presentation of psychosis among dementias[3] may affect healthcare costs. [1] Bostrom F, Jonsson L, Minthon L, Londos E. Patients with Lewy body dementia use more resources than those with Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2007;22(8):7139. [2] ...
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Hospice advocates and palliative care providers like myself believe dementia patients should have access to both specialists to provide expert guidance and hospice providersto support the care at home. So-called concurrent care is thestandard of care for children facing life-ending illness, as well ...
Costs of dementia care constitute a great part of the total costs of care for elderly. Because the prevalence of dementia is linked to increasing age, and the number of the oldest old is rising, the costs of dementia care will increase considerably in the forthcoming decades. In this review...
public health challenge. An understanding of the influence of the nation's rapid demographic changes on the epidemiology of dementia, the multidimensional needs of Chinese dementia patients and their caregivers, and the extent to which the current provisions are accommodating such needs is imperative....
Health Care Costs for Patients With Dementia at the End of Life OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to clarify the characteristics of patients with dementia using long-term care hospitals and the demands of their caregivers. It will provide a perspective for establishing the specialized dementia ...
Nursing home care is also a better choice when patients have great need for multiple health services. 展开 关键词: costs nursing home dementia home care health economics health insurance health policy DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00969.x ...
decrease hospital readmissions, improve patient care, and reduce overall costs. The project, which encouraged the use of home-based health care for the frailest and most costly Medicare beneficiaries, tested the ability of HBPC to reduce Medicare costs and help medically complex patients age in ...