Future costs of dementia-related long-term care: Exploring future scenarios

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-30

  Comas Herrera, Adelina ^a   Northey, Sara ^b   Wittenberg, Raphael ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, Sarmishtha ^c   Burns, Alistair ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Walsall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; expenditure; long term care; projections

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DELPHI STUDY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79951680479     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000025     Document Type: Article

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