The costs of dementia in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study measures the average per person and annual total costs of dementia in England in 2015.

Methods/design

Up-to-date data for England were drawn from multiple sources to identify prevalence of dementia by severity, patterns of health and social care service utilisation and their unit costs, levels of unpaid care and its economic impacts, and other costs of dementia. These data were used in a refined macrosimulation model to estimate annual per-person and aggregate costs of dementia.

Results

There are around 690 000 people with dementia in England, of whom 565 000 receive unpaid care or community care or live in a care home. Total annual cost of dementia in England is estimated to be £24.2 billion in 2015, of which 42% (£10.1 billion) is attributable

SUBMITTER: Wittenberg R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6618309 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature