Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States
Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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English
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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This analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study estimated that the prevalence of dementia among people older than 70 years of age in the United States in 2010 was 14.7% and that the total costs attributable to dementia were between $157 billion and $215 billion.
Dementia, a chronic disease of aging characterized by progressive cogniti...
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Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3959992
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3959992
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
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10.1056/NEJMsa1204629
