Health Economics of Dementia Wimo Hardback Wiley–Blackwell 9780471983767

Health Economics of DementiaAuthor(s): Anders Wimo, Bengt Jnsson, Gran Karlsson, Bengt Winblad\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780471983767, 978-0471983767\nSynopsis\nDrugs are being developed to alleviate the symptoms of dementia and different models of care are being tried. This book is a reference work in the subject. It gives a basis of the disease, its epidemiology, care implications, development and use of drugs. It discusses the challenges of obtaining reliable data and reviews the tools used to assess the costs of dementia to date. It also deals with the pharmacoeconomics of dementia.