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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...
Autores principales: | Schwarzkopf, Larissa, Menn, Petra, Leidl, Reiner, Wunder, Sonja, Mehlig, Hilmar, Marx, Peter, Graessel, Elmar, Holle, Rolf |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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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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