TY  - JOUR
AU  - Michalowsky, Bernhard
AU  - Rädke, Anika
AU  - Hoffmann, Wolfgang
TI  - [The economic and social burden of dementia diseases in Germany-A meta-analysis].
JO  - Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
VL  - 62
IS  - 8
SN  - 1436-9990
CY  - Heidelberg
PB  - Springer
M1  - DZNE-2020-07163
SP  - 981-992
PY  - 2019
AB  - Currently, there are 1.7 million people living with dementia (PwD) in Germany. This number is expected to double within the next decades. Estimates of the total societal economic burden of dementia are currently missing.The aim was to estimate the current and future total cost and excess cost of dementia from a public payer and societal perspective.Studies demonstrating the healthcare resource utilization of PwD in Germany were identified. Utilization data were aggregated using the sample size of different studies as a weight. Annual per capita costs of PwD and excess cost of dementia were calculated using standardized unit costs. Current and future costs were calculated based on published prevalence and population forecasts.PwD living at home had lower costs from a payer perspective compared to those who are institutionalized, but higher total societal cost due to the higher informal care time. The total cost for PwD from a payer perspective was 34 billion € in 2016. These costs could reach 90 billion € by 2060. The excess cost of dementia was 18 billion € in 2016 and is estimated to become 49 billion € by 2060 from a payer perspective, representing 54
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Aging
KW  - Caregivers: economics
KW  - Caregivers: statistics & numerical data
KW  - Cost of Illness
KW  - Dementia: economics
KW  - Dementia: psychology
KW  - Germany
KW  - Health Care Costs: statistics & numerical data
KW  - Humans
KW  - Patient Acceptance of Health Care
KW  - Resource Allocation
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:31297549
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s00103-019-02985-z
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/140841
ER  -