The estimated cost of dementia in Japan, the most aged society in the world.

OBJECTIVE:Dementia has become a global critical issue. It is estimated that the global cost of dementia was 818 billion USD in 2015. The situation in Japan, which is the most aged country in the world, should be critical. However, the societal cost of dementia in Japan has not yet been estimated. Th...

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Main Authors: Mitsuhiro Sado, Akira Ninomiya, Ryo Shikimoto, Baku Ikeda, Toshiaki Baba, Kimio Yoshimura, Masaru Mimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6231619?pdf=render