The economic burden of Alzheimer's disease care.
The economic burden of Alzheimer's disease care.
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.12.2.164
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发表时间：
1993-05
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影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
D. Rice;P. Fox;W. Max;P. Webber;W. Hauck;D. Lindeman;Ernestine Segura
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作者：
D. Rice;P. Fox;W. Max;P. Webber;W. Hauck;D. Lindeman;Ernestine Segura
本研究调查了生活在社区和机构中的人们因阿尔茨海默病而产生的正式和非正式护理总费用。无论患者住在家里还是疗养院，北加州照顾阿尔茨海默氏症患者的总费用约为每年 47,000 美元，但这两种情况下的费用细目有所不同。对于社区居民患者来说，总成本的四分之三是无偿非正式护理的估算值，而住院患者的这一比例为 12%。正式服务主要由个人及其家庭提供资金。在这两种护理环境中，为患者提供的服务中 60% 以上都是自付费用。随着患有阿尔茨海默病风险的人数预计增加，该疾病对未来长期护理费用的经济影响将是巨大的。
This study examines total formal and informal care costs attributable to Alzheimer's disease for persons living in the community and in institutions. The total cost of caring for an Alzheimer's patient in northern California is approximately $47,000 per year whether the patient lives at home or in a nursing home, but the cost breakdown differs in the two settings. For community-resident patients, three-fourths of the total cost represents an imputed value for unpaid informal care compared with 12 percent for institutionalized patients. Formal services are financed primarily by individuals and their families. Over 60 percent of the services provided to patients in either care setting were paid out of pocket. With projected increases in the number of persons at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, the economic impact of the disease on future long-term care costs will be significant.