The cost of dementia in an unequal country: The case of Chile.

We study the economic cost of dementia in Chile, and its variation according to socioeconomic status (SES). We use primary data from a survey of 330 informal primary caregivers who completed both a RUD-Lite and a socio-demographic questionnaire to evaluate the severity of dementia and caregiver'...

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Main Authors: Daniel A Hojman, Fabian Duarte, Jaime Ruiz-Tagle, Marilu Budnich, Carolina Delgado, Andrea Slachevsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5340351?pdf=render