The economic cost of Alzheimer's disease: Family or public-health burden?

Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients suffer progressive cognitive, behavioral and functional impairment which result in a heavy burden to patients, families, and the public-health system. AD entails both direct and indirect costs. Indirect costs (such as loss or reduction of income by the...

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Main Authors: Diego M. Castro, Carol Dillon, Gerardo Machnicki, Ricardo F. Allegri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642010000400262&lng=en&tlng=en