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..Some carers do carry a very heavy 24 h responsibility. This aspect of caring must be addressed by the development of well-targeted respite and relief support programmes...

..9). There was a high correlation between interview-based data and register data regarding hospital care, family physician, and district nurse visits. In conclusion, interviews may serve as a valid and reliable substitute for observations...

..In conclusion, the majority of demented elders live in less developed regions, and this proportion will increase considerably in the future...

..Although there are several sources of uncertainty, it is obvious that the worldwide costs are substantial and the expected increase in elderly people in the developing countries presents a great challenge...

..To assess the impact of donepezil treatment compared with placebo on caregiver time spent assisting patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD)...

..The cost from a societal perspective was 23% higher for patients with VaD compared with patients with Alzheimer's disease ( p = .02)...

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..Available data show that there is support for a view that treatment is cost-neutral or perhaps cost saving which in combination with positive effects in terms of efficacy may indicate cost-effectiveness...

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..Informal care of demented persons is about 4-5 times more extensive than formal care. There is a strong correlation between GNP per citizen and resources spent on health care...

..To evaluate the long-term clinical efficacy and safety of donepezil versus placebo over 1 year in patients with mild to moderate AD...

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..These data support the long-term efficacy and safety of donepezil...

..Knowledge regarding the amount of formal and informal care and its interaction at population-based level is limited...

..Thus, the health economics of dementia is an extremely complex area of study that is rapidly growing, due to the likelihood that cost-effectiveness will form the basis for future reimbursement decisions...

..The gross cost of illness due to dementia was estimated to be SEK30.7 billion in 1991 while the net cost was estimated to be SEK20 billion. The sensitivity analysis showed a variation between SEK20 billion and SEK36 billion in 1991...

..Thus it is fundamental that assessments of informal care are valid. Thus the aim was to analyse the validity of time estimates with the Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD) instrument...

..Eurocode was administered by Alzheimer Europe. The aim was to describe the economic impact of dementia in Europe in 2008...

..Underweight and weight loss are important factors in detecting malnutrition...

..For retired patients, the total costs with a mesh repair were 1,898 SEK lower than with a suture repair. We conclude that in this setting, mesh repair of incisional hernias produced lower costs than suture repair...

..Because the prevalence of many brain disorders rises with age, and brain disorders are costly, the economic burden of brain disorders will increase markedly during the next decades...

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..The aging of the population has become a worldwide phenomenon. This leads to increased demand for services and with limited resources it is important to find a way to estimate how resources can be match to those with greatest need...

..Both dementia-specific and generic quality of life instruments are required. Models are necessary but must be transparent so that the assumptions on which the models are built can be critically analyzed...

..To collect new primary data on community-based health utilities (time trade-off values) in different stages of mild cognitive impairment and dementia from a general population sample...

..Transdermal patches may offer advantages over conventional oral formulations...

..This article reports about the cost-effectiveness of the Dutch Geriatric Intervention Program (DGIP) compared to usual care in frail older people at 6-month follow-up from a health care system's point of view...

..Dementia costs in developing countries are estimated to be US$73 billion yearly, but care demands social protection, which seems scarce in these regions...

..Aims: To investigate the apprehension in respect of chronic disease among the working population in a Swedish community in 2000 compared with 1980...

..The aim of this study was to investigate drug treatment patterns for heart failure (HF) in the very elderly and, in particular, to determine if angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) were under-used by demented persons...

..From the Kungsholmen project in Sweden, there are indications that the postponement between MCI and manifest dementia may result in short-term benefits (a few years) of about SEK50,000 (5300 US dollars)...

..Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating illness that causes enormous emotional stress to affected families and is associated with substantial medical and nonmedical costs...

..To describe drug use among the elderly, with focus on cardiovascular drugs and regional differences...

..A large, national, long-term, longitudinal, multi-purpose study has been launched in Sweden--the Swedish National study on Aging and Care (SNAC). The study involves four research centers collecting data in four different areas of Sweden...

..The aim of this study was to explore possible associations of IDU with acute hospitalisation and mortality in an elderly population during 3 years of follow-up...

..Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, is a major cause of disability and care burden in the elderly. This study aims to estimate the costs of formal and informal care and identity determinants of care costs...

..The study shows that the EuroQoL can be used to rate utilities in Alzheimer disease, but there are important differences between patient- and proxy-ratings...

..Galantamine, a new acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and nicotinic modulator, has proved effective in managing patients with Alzheimer's disease in clinical trials...

..The way, in which nursing care was carried out, which in this context is discussed in terms of praxis and poieses, appeared to be of major importance for the older peoples' experiences when visiting the ED...