The Economic Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia

摘要: The societal consequences of dementia disorders in general, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) particular, are among the most important issues when discussing situation health social sectors (1). Dementia is regarded by Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) as one policy its member states (2) World Health Organisation (WHO) has major reasons disability (3). Our research group at Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden, estimated that today, there about 25 million people world suffering from (4). costly and, combined with an economic crisis many public health-care systems, raise fundamental questions included any economical analysis. Since we also have drugs influence symptomatology resource utilization costs, cost-effectiveness great importance. burden disorders, particularly AD, therefore focus this chapter. However, it must be stated several methodological need to highlighted (5).