Direct costs of Alzheimer's disease in Germany.

The European Journal of Health Economics : HEPAC : Health Economics in Prevention and Care
Peter KienckeReinhard Rychlik

Abstract

The aim of this analysis was to determine the direct costs for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) based on data supplied by a large German statutory health insurance (BARMER). Focus of the present evaluation is the exposure of total direct costs, survival rates and the types of care distribution of patients with AD. The analysis was based on anonymised data of patients with Alzheimer's disease who were insured by a large German statutory health insurance (Barmer Ersatzkasse-BEK) in 2005 over 12 months (n = 35.684). The study population was classified into three treatment groups: patients who received memantine and no other antidementia drugs, psychotropic drugs or sedatives/hypnotics (memantine group); patients who neither received memantine nor other antidementia drugs but psychotropic drugs and/or sedatives/hypnotics (PHS group); and patients who received no antidementia drugs and no psychotropic drugs or sedatives/hypnotics (no AT group). A Markov model was designed to assess the costs of each treatment group depending on the type of care over a 5-year period. The results obtained for the PHS group were the following: after 5 years, 25.1% were in inpatient health care, 1.1% in partial inpatient care, 5.4% in outpatient c...Continue Reading

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