Long-term medical costs of Alzheimer's disease: matched cohort analysis
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Long-term medical costs of Alzheimer's disease : matched cohort analysis. / Sopina, Elizaveta; Spackman, Eldon; Martikainen, Janne; Waldemar, Gunhild; Sørensen, Jan.
I: European Journal of Health Economics, Bind 20, Nr. 3, 2019, s. 333-342.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Long-term medical costs of Alzheimer's disease
T2 - matched cohort analysis
AU - Sopina, Elizaveta
AU - Spackman, Eldon
AU - Martikainen, Janne
AU - Waldemar, Gunhild
AU - Sørensen, Jan
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Medical costs associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are characterised by uncertainty and are often presented in a format unsuitable for decision modelling. We set out to estimate long-term medical costs attributable to AD compared to the general population for use in decision modelling.METHODS: We used multiple logistic regressions to generate propensity scores to match 26,951 incident cases of AD with 26,951 people without AD, identified from Danish hospital and medication registries. Costs were available for up to 11 years for each individual, representing costs for 10 years before and 5 years after diagnosis. Generalised estimating equations were employed to investigate the effect of having AD on primary care, medication, hospital and total costs in the matched cohort. We also explored the impact of other socio-economic and demographic factors on healthcare costs.RESULTS: We report costs by year to diagnosis, from 10 years before to 5 after. AD was associated with significantly higher costs, driven by medication and hospital costs, especially around the time of diagnosis. Mean total medical cost was €4996 higher for AD than for the control group in year of diagnosis, after which primary and hospital costs decreased to pre-diagnostic levels. AD had higher attributable primary care costs in years preceding diagnosis.CONCLUSIONS: Reporting AD-attributable costs by year to diagnosis can be useful for use in decision modelling. Medical costs attributed to AD are driven by diagnostic procedures and medication, and the impact of AD on medical costs may not be as high or prolonged as previously suggested.
AB - OBJECTIVES: Medical costs associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are characterised by uncertainty and are often presented in a format unsuitable for decision modelling. We set out to estimate long-term medical costs attributable to AD compared to the general population for use in decision modelling.METHODS: We used multiple logistic regressions to generate propensity scores to match 26,951 incident cases of AD with 26,951 people without AD, identified from Danish hospital and medication registries. Costs were available for up to 11 years for each individual, representing costs for 10 years before and 5 years after diagnosis. Generalised estimating equations were employed to investigate the effect of having AD on primary care, medication, hospital and total costs in the matched cohort. We also explored the impact of other socio-economic and demographic factors on healthcare costs.RESULTS: We report costs by year to diagnosis, from 10 years before to 5 after. AD was associated with significantly higher costs, driven by medication and hospital costs, especially around the time of diagnosis. Mean total medical cost was €4996 higher for AD than for the control group in year of diagnosis, after which primary and hospital costs decreased to pre-diagnostic levels. AD had higher attributable primary care costs in years preceding diagnosis.CONCLUSIONS: Reporting AD-attributable costs by year to diagnosis can be useful for use in decision modelling. Medical costs attributed to AD are driven by diagnostic procedures and medication, and the impact of AD on medical costs may not be as high or prolonged as previously suggested.
U2 - 10.1007/s10198-018-1004-0
DO - 10.1007/s10198-018-1004-0
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30171490
VL - 20
SP - 333
EP - 342
JO - European Journal of Health Economics
JF - European Journal of Health Economics
SN - 1618-7598
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 225121880