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Societal Burden and Economics of Vascular Dementia: Preliminary Results From a Swedish-Population–Based Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Anders Wimo  and
Bengt Winblad
Anders Wimo
Affiliation:
Neurotec, Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Bengt Winblad
Affiliation:
Neurotec, Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

Knowledge about the health economic implications of vascular dementia (VaD) is insufficient. The impact of cardiovascular comorbidities must also be taken into consideration when resource utilization and costs in patients with VaD are analyzed. It is also of great importance that the analysis be done from a societal perspective. In the rural Nordanstig cohort of the Kungsholmen project in Sweden, the major cost drivers in the RUD (Resource Utilization in Dementia) instrument were used. The cost from a societal perspective was 23% higher for patients with VaD compared with patients with Alzheimer's disease (p = .02).

Keywords

Vascular dementiaresource utilizationcostsRUDKungsholmen projectNordanstig
Type
TRIAL DESIGNS: SYMPTOMATIC
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 15 , Issue S1 , July 2003 , pp. 251 - 256
Copyright
© 2003 International Psychogeriatric Association

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