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© 2016 The AuthorsIntroduction In 2010, Alzheimer's Disease International presented estimates of the global cost of illness (COI) of dementia. Since then, new studies have been conducted, and the number of people with dementia has increased. Here, we present an update of the global cost estimates. Methods This is a societal, prevalence-based global COI study. Results The worldwide costs of dementia were estimated at United States (US) $818 billion in 2015, an increase of 35% since 2010; 86% of the costs occur in high-income countries. Costs of informal care and the direct costs of social care still contribute similar proportions of total costs, whereas the costs in the medical sector are much lower. The threshold of US $1 trillion will be crossed by 2018. Discussion Worldwide costs of dementia are enormous and still inequitably distributed. The increase in costs arises from increases in numbers of people with dementia and in increases in per person costs.
Author(s): Wimo A, Guerchet M, Ali G-C, Wu Y-T, Prina AM, Winblad B, Jonsson L, Liu Z, Prince M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Alzheimer's and Dementia
Year: 2017
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-7
Print publication date: 01/01/2017
Online publication date: 29/08/2016
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
Date deposited: 21/05/2020
ISSN (print): 1552-5260
ISSN (electronic): 1552-5279
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.07.150
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.07.150
PubMed id: 27583652
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