Predictors of costs in dementia in a longitudinal perspective.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse predictors of costs in dementia from a societal perspective in a longitudinal setting. METHOD: Healthcare resource use and costs were assessed retrospectively using a questionnaire in four waves at 6-month intervals in a sample of dementia patients (N = 175). Sociodemographic d...

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Main Authors: Hanna Leicht, Hans-Helmut König, Nina Stuhldreher, Cadja Bachmann, Horst Bickel, Angela Fuchs, Kathrin Heser, Frank Jessen, Mirjam Köhler, Melanie Luppa, Edelgard Mösch, Michael Pentzek, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Martin Scherer, Jochen Werle, Siegfried Weyerer, Birgitt Wiese, Wolfgang Maier, AgeCoDe study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3715502?pdf=render