Addressing Dementia [electronic resource]: The OECD Response / Organisation for Economic Co-operatio...
Addressing Dementia [electronic resource]: The OECD Response / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Paris : OECD Publishing, 2015.
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Date
2015.
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English
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1 online resource (126 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs.
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Acronyms and abbreviations -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- The growing human and financial cost of dementia -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations -- Towards a cure for dementia -- The role of big data in driving global co-operation and innovation in dementia research -- Improvin...
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Paris : OECD Publishing, 2015.
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
The large and growing human and financial cost of dementia provides an imperative for policy action. It is already the second largest cause of disability for the over-70s and it costs $645bn per year globally, and ageing populations mean that these costs will grow. There is no cure or effective treatment for dementia, and too often people do not ge...
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Addressing Dementia [electronic resource]: The OECD Response / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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OECD Health Policy Studies, 2074319X.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
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English
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Print version: Addressing dementia : the OECD response. Paris, [France] : OECD, c2015 122 pages OECD health policy studies. 9789264231719 2015419541
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74VK35vxe2vA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK35vxe2vA
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616.83
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991023948406802626
