Excess costs of dementia disorders and the role of age and gender - an analysis of German health and long-term care insurance claims data

BACKGROUND: Demographic ageing is associated with an increasing number of dementia patients, who reportedly incur higher costs of care than individuals without dementia. Regarding Germany, evidence on these excess costs is scarce. Adopting a payer perspective, our study aimed to quantify the additio...

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Autores principales: Schwarzkopf, Larissa, Menn, Petra, Leidl, Reiner, Wunder, Sonja, Mehlig, Hilmar, Marx, Peter, Graessel, Elmar, Holle, Rolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22713212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-165

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22713212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-165

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