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Cost analysis of early psychosocial intervention in Alzheimer’s disease

Authors

Søgaard, Rikke, Sørensen, Jan, Waldorff, Frans B., Eckermann, Ane, Buss, Dorthe V., Waldemar, Gunhild

Journal

Dementia And Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Volume: 37, No.: 3-4, Pages.: 141-153

Year of Publication

2014

Abstract

Background/aim: To investigate the impact of early psychosocial intervention aimed at patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and their caregivers on resource use and costs from a societal perspective.; Methods: Dyads of patients and their primary caregiver were randomised to intervention (n = 163) or control (n = 167) and followed for 3 years. Health care use was extracted from national registers, and the Resource Utilisation in Dementia questionnaire was used to measure informal care and productivity loss. Multiple imputation was used to replace missing data, and non-parametric bootstrapping was used to estimate standard errors.; Results: Overall, there were no statistically significant differences because of large variation in the observations. The average additional cost of psychosocial intervention provision was estimated at EUR 3,401 per patient. This cost masked a reduced use of formal health care and an increased use of informal care.; Conclusions: Early psychosocial intervention in AD could be cost-saving from a health care perspective, whereas the opposite seems to be true from a broader societal perspective.;

Bibtex Citation

@article{S_gaard_2014, doi = {10.1159/000355368}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000355368}, year = 2014, publisher = {S. Karger {AG}}, volume = {37}, number = {3-4}, pages = {141--153}, author = {Rikke S{o}gaard and Jan S{o}rensen and Frans B. Waldorff and Ane Eckermann and Dorthe V. Buss and Gunhild Waldemar}, title = {Cost Analysis of Early Psychosocial Intervention in Alzheimer{textquotesingle}s Disease}, journal = {Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders} }

Keywords

aged, aged, 80 and over, alzheimer disease, caregivers, cost savings, early, economics, female, geriatrics, health care costs, humans, intervention, male, middle aged, nurses community health, nursing, nursing homes, patient care, psychosocial, questionnaires, registries, resource allocation, social behavior, social support, therapy

Countries of Study

Denmark

Types of Dementia

Alzheimer’s Disease

Types of Study

Economic evaluation, Randomised Controlled Trial

Type of Outcomes

Service use or cost reductions (incl. hospital use reduction, care home admission delay)

Type of Interventions

Intervention for Carers, Non-pharmacological Treatment

Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

Other

Carer Focussed Interventions

Other