Cost of care for persons with dementia: using a discrete-time Markov chain approach with administrative and clinical data from the dementia service Centres in Austria

Cost of care for persons with dementia: using a discrete-time Markov chain approach with administrative and clinical data from the dementia service Centres in Austria

Abstract Background There is growing evidence that the cost for dementia care will increase rapidly in the coming years. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to determine the economic impact of treating clients with dementia in outpatient Dementia Service Centres (DSCs) and simulate the cost p...

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Main Authors: Alexander Braun, Paulina Kurzmann, Margit Höfler, Gottfried Haber, Stefanie Auer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Health Economics Review
Subjects:
Cost and cost analysis
Dementia
Discrete-time Markov chain
Administrative data
Cost simulation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13561-020-00285-w

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