Exploring costs, cost components, and associated factors among people with dementia approaching the end of life: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding costs of care for people dying with dementia is essential to guide service development, but information has not been systematically reviewed. We aimed to understand (1) which cost components have been measured in studies reporting the costs of care in people with dementia approaching the end of life, (2) what the costs are and how they change closer to death, and (3) which factors are associated with these costs.

Methods

We searched the electronic databases CINAHL, Medline, Cochrane, Web of Science, EconLit, and Embase and reference lists of included studies. We included any type of study published between 1999 and 2019, in any language, reporting primary data on costs of health care in individuals with dementia approaching the end of life. Two ind

SUBMITTER: Leniz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438684 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature