Economic Analysis of Formal Care, Informal Care, and Productivity Losses in Primary Care Patients who Screened Positive for Dementia in Germany

The majority of people with dementia (PwD) live at home and require professional formal care and informal care that is generally provided by close relatives.To determine the utilization and costs of formal and informal care for PwD, indirect costs because of productivity losses of caregivers, and the associations between cost, socio-demographic and clinical variables.The analysis includes the data of 262 community-dwelling PwD and their...