The Costs of Dementia From the Societal Perspective: Is Care Provided in the Community Really Cheaper than Nursing Home Care?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-126

  König, Hans Helmut ^a   Leicht, Hanna ^a   Brettschneider, Christian ^a   Bachmann, Cadja ^a   Bickel, Horst ^b   Fuchs, Angela ^c   Jessen, Frank ^d,e   Köhler, Mirjam ^a   Luppa, Melanie ^f   Mösch, Edelgard ^b   Pentzek, Michael ^c   Werle, Jochen ^g   Weyerer, Siegfried ^g   Wiese, Birgitt ^h   Scherer, Martin ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^d,e   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Dementia; Informal care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; SOCIAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

COST-OF-ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; INFORMAL CARE; NURSING HOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892978661     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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