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Cost of Dementia and Its Correlation With Dependence
Örjan Åkerborg, Andrea Lang, Anders Wimo, Anders Sköldunger, Laura Fratiglioni, Maren Gaudig, Mats Rosenlund. Journal of aging and health, 2016-07-09
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Average annual cost among patients diagnosed with dementia was €43,259, primarily incurred by accommodation. Resource use, that is, institutional care, community care, and accommodation, and corresponding costs increased significantly by increasing dependency. Path analysis showed that cognitive ability, functioning, and neuropsychiatric symptoms were significantly correlated with dependence, which in turn had a strong impact on annual cost. This study confirms that cost of dementia care increases with dependence and that the impact of other disease indicators is mainly mediated by dependence.
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Åkerborg, Ö., Lang, A., Wimo, A., Sköldunger, A., Fratiglioni, L., Gaudig, M., et al. (2016). Cost of Dementia and Its Correlation With Dependence. Journal of aging and health. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264315624899
Vancouver
Åkerborg Ö, Lang A, Wimo A, Sköldunger A, Fratiglioni L, Gaudig M, et al. Cost of Dementia and Its Correlation With Dependence. Journal of aging and health. 2016. doi:10.1177/0898264315624899. PMID: 26818587.
BibTeX
@article{akerborg2016-26818587,
author = {Åkerborg, Örjan and Lang, Andrea and Wimo, Anders and Sköldunger, Anders and Fratiglioni, Laura and Gaudig, Maren and Rosenlund, Mats},
title = {{Cost of Dementia and Its Correlation With Dependence}},
journal = {Journal of aging and health},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1177/0898264315624899},
pmid = {26818587},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264315624899}
}
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Key findings
- Average annual cost among patients diagnosed with dementia was €43,259, primarily incurred by accommodation.
- Resource use, that is, institutional care, community care, and accommodation, and corresponding costs increased significantly by increasing dependency.
- Path analysis showed that cognitive ability, functioning, and neuropsychiatric symptoms were significantly correlated with dependence, which in turn had a strong impact on annual cost.
- This study confirms that cost of dementia care increases with dependence and that the impact of other disease indicators is mainly mediated by dependence.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 38 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of aging and health) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2016 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 26818587) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 21 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 38 out of 100. |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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