Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Dementia Care: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Long-term evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of collaborative dementia care management (CDCM) is lacking.

Objective

To evaluate whether 6 months of CDCM is associated with improved patient clinical outcomes and caregiver burden and is cost-effective compared with usual care over 36 months.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a prespecified secondary analysis of a general practitioner (GP)-based, cluster randomized, 2-arm clinical trial conducted in Germany from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2014, with follow-up until March 31, 2018. Participants were aged 70 years or older, lived at home, and screened positive for dementia. Data were analyzed from March 2011 to March 2018.

Intervention

The intervention group received CDCM

SUBMITTER: Michalowsky B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227088 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature