Healthcare costs of dementia diseases before, during and after diagnosis: Longitudinal analysis of 17 years of Swedish register data.

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 c

SUBMITTER: Persson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078636 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature