Healthcare costs of dementia diseases before, during and after diagnosis: Longitudinal analysis of 17 years of Swedish register data.
Alzheimers Dement
; 18(12): 2560-2569, 2022 12.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
This study examines health-care costs attributed to dementia diseases in the 10 years prior to, during, and 6 years after diagnosis.METHODS:
Using administrative register data for people diagnosed with dementia (2010-2016) in southern Sweden (n = 21,184), and a comparison group without dementia, health-care costs over 17 years were examined using longitudinal regression analysis.RESULTS:
Average annual health-care costs per person were consistently higher before diagnosis in the dementia group (10 years before Swedish krona (SEK) 2063, P < .005 and 1 year before SEK8166, P < .005). At diagnosis, health-care costs were more than twice as high (SEK44,410, P < .005). Four to 6 years after diagnosis, there was no significant different in costs compared to comparators.DISCUSSION:
Excess health-care cost arise as early as 10 years before a formal diagnosis of dementia, and while there is a spike in cost after diagnosis, health-care costs are no different 4 years after. These findings question currently accepted assumptions on costs of dementia.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Costos de la Atención en Salud
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Demencia
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Humans
País como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Año:
2022
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Article