Net costs of dementia by disease stage

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 384-395

  Leicht, H ^a   Heinrich, S ^a   Heider, D ^a,b   Bachmann, C ^a   Bickel, H ^c   van den Bussche, H ^a   Fuchs, A ^d   Luppa, M ^b   Maier, W ^e,f   Mosch E ^c   Pentzek, M ^d   Rieder Heller, S G ^b   Tebarth, F ^e   Werle, J ^g   Weyerer, S ^g   Wiese, B ^h   Zimmermann, T ^a   Konig H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^g CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^h HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cost of illness; Dementia; Family caregivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053479192     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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