Determinants of time to institutionalisation and related healthcare and societal costs in a community-based cohort of patients with Alzheimer's disease dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the costs of caring for community-dwelling patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia in relation to the time to institutionalisation.

Methods

GERAS was a prospective, non-interventional cohort study in community-dwelling patients with AD dementia and their caregivers in three European countries. Using identified factors associated with time to institutionalisation, models were developed to estimate the time to institutionalisation for all patients. Estimates of monthly total societal costs, patient healthcare costs and total patient costs (healthcare and social care together) prior to institutionalisation were developed as a function of the time to institutionalisation.

Results

Of the 1495 patients assessed at baseline, 307 (20.5%) were ins

SUBMITTER: Belger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6438944 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature