2012
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3819
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The effects of dependence and function on costs of care for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment in Ireland

Abstract: The costs of care for patients with AD and MCI in Ireland are substantial. Interventions that reduce patient dependence on others and functional decline may be associated with important economic benefits.

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“…17,24,3638 Moreover, our results confirmed the impact of comorbidities on costs of care, which is consistent with other AD cost studies that have shown increased healthcare costs in patients with dementia that have comorbid conditions, because of increased the risk of hospital care and increasing length of stay. 3840 This suggests that effective management of common general medical comorbidities could decrease dementia care costs by preventing hospitalizations or prolonged lengths of stay.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…17,24,3638 Moreover, our results confirmed the impact of comorbidities on costs of care, which is consistent with other AD cost studies that have shown increased healthcare costs in patients with dementia that have comorbid conditions, because of increased the risk of hospital care and increasing length of stay. 3840 This suggests that effective management of common general medical comorbidities could decrease dementia care costs by preventing hospitalizations or prolonged lengths of stay.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Primary care, community care, out-patient care and medications Data on primary care, community care, out-patient care and medication usage for those with dementia living in the community was derived from the Enhancing Care in Alzheimer's disease (ECAD) 1 study (Gallagher et al, 2010;Gillespie et al, 2012). In that study, data on service utilisation was collected over a six-month period for each study participant.…”
Section: Informal Care In the Communitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This translated into a mean cost per patient of €43 ( SD : 64) per day. These figures differ marginally from the original paper, owing to our slightly larger cohort of 115 patient–carer dyads (Gillespie et al ., ).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%