Factors associated with costs of care in community-dwelling persons with dementia from a third party payer and societal perspective: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Besides the importance of estimating the global economic impact of care for persons with dementia, there is an emerging need to identify the key factors associated with this cost. The aim of this study was to analyze associations between the cost of care in community-dwelling persons with dementia and caregiver characteristics from both the healthcare third party payer perspective and the societal perspective.

Methods

Several characteristics based on the cross-sectional data of 355 dyads of informal caregivers and persons with dementia living in Belgium were identified to include in a log-gamma generalized linear model and were used in a multiple linear regression model with bootstrapping to test robustness.

Results

The mean monthly cost of care for a commu

SUBMITTER: Vandepitte S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966839 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature