Annual societal cost of Alzheimer's disease in Malaysia: a micro-costing approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to have a significant impact on resource use and economic consequences along with population aging. This study aims to investigate the annual economic burden of Alzheimer's disease along with underlying cost drivers.

Methodology

Patients with AD aged 65 and above accompanied with primary caregivers were recruited in 6 tertiary care hospitals. A structured interview was conducted to collect sociodemographic, clinical and resource use information using an adapted questionnaire. Direct medical cost, direct non-medical cost and indirect cost were annualised and categorised by severity level. Generalised linear models were applied to investigate predictors of costs.

Results

Among 135 patient-caregiver dyads, the annual econom

SUBMITTER: Ong SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884180 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature