The cost of residential care constituted 94% of the total costs. The direct health care costs were comprised mainly of pharmaceuticals (55%), out-of-hospital attendances (25%), and hospitalisations (13%). While total costs were not significantly different between those with and without ...
Hospital costs Dixon et al., 2018; Robinson et al., 2012 (N = 2) Reduction (all primary studies in all reviews) 8.510 Cost per resident Wickson-Griffiths et al., 2014 (N = 1) Reduction (all primary studies) 7.5 ACP; advance care planning, DNR; do not resuscitate, ICU; intensive ...
Costs of care for people with dementia just before and after nursing home placement: primary data from eight European countries Background Dementia is the most common cause of functional decline among elderly people and is associated with high costs of national healthcare in Europea... A Wübker...
Health and functional outcomes and health care utilization of persons with dementia in residential care and assisted living facilities: comparison with nur... PURPOSE: This study compares health and functional outcomes and health care utilization of persons with dementia residing in residential care/...
Michelet M, Portolani E, Røsvik J, Selbaek G, Stephan A, de Vugt M, Wolfs C, Woods B, Zanetti O, Verhey F, Wimo A; Actifcare consortium (2018) Quality of life, care resource use, and costs of dementia in 8 European countries in a cross-sectional cohort of the actifcare study...
Adding family care costs, valued using an opportunity cost methodology, pushes weekly community care costs above residential care costs by about €200 per person. Therefore, when measured in social terms, community care is more expensive than residential care. That differential could be interpreted ...
We aimed to investigate the impact of dementia on drug costs in older people, after adjustment for socio-demographic factors, residential setting and co-morbidities. Methods We included 4 129 individuals aged ≥ 60 years from The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC) in Kungsholme...
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Costs of dementia and dementia care: a review Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 12 (1997), pp. 841-856 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199708)12:8<841::AID-GPS652>3.0.CO;2-R PubMed PMID: 9283930 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar 3. Plassman B.L., Langa K.M., Fisher G.G., Heeringa S.G., Weir...
Lower-income families caring for patients with dementia may face increased economic difficulties as the costs of medications, hospital expenses, and diagnostic tests increase. The challenges in affording specialized care services contribute to a higher likelihood of burden on family members. Moreover, ...