Costs of care for dementia patients in community setting: An analysis for mild and moderate disease stage

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 827-835

  Schwarzkopf, Larissa ^a   Menn, Petra ^a   Kunz, Simone ^a   Holle, Rolf ^a   Lauterberg, Jörg ^b   Marx, Peter ^c   Mehlig, Hilmar ^d   Wunder, Sonja ^e   Leidl, Reiner ^a   Donath, Carolin ^f   Graessel, Elmar ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Federal Association of the AOK   (Germany)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Eisai GmbH   (Germany)

^e AOK Bavaria Health Insurer   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

administrative data; cognition; community living patient; disease severity; family caregiver; health insurance perspective; informal care; insurance claims data; MMSE; societal perspective

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80052750610     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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