
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nepal, Binod 
A1  - Ranmuthugala, Geetha 
A1  - Brown, Laurie 
A1  - Budge, Marc 
T1  - Modelling costs of dementia in Australia: evidence, gaps, and needs
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2008
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
SP  - 479
EP  - 487
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH080479 
N2  - With the rapid ageing of the Australian population, dementia has emerged as a major health and economic challenge. Consensus exists that the number of people with dementia will grow significantly because the prevalence is strongly correlated with age. However, there are substantial gaps in our understanding of the impacts on the dementia ?epidemic? of changes in non-demographic risk factors and of our knowledge of the economic implications. Only a few prevalencebased studies have been conducted to examine the health economics of dementia in Australia. These studies have suggested that considerable resources are absorbed by dementia care, yet there is a lack of integrated models that simultaneously explore epidemiologic and economic perspectives incorporating the impact of preventive and early intervention initiatives. This study reviews the current evidence on the economic implications of dementia in Australia and approaches taken to project the future costs of dementia. 
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