A real-world assessment of healthcare costs associated with agitation in Alzheimer's dementia

CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with AD, agitation was associated with shorter time to death/institutionalization and increased comorbidities, medication use, and healthcare costs, highlighting the additional clinical and economic burden that agitation poses to patients and the healthcare system.PMID:38073468 | DOI:10.1080/13696998.2023.2291966

Source: Journal of Medical Economics - December 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: George Grossberg Annette Urganus Jeff Schein Rebecca Bungay Martin Cloutier Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle Deborah Chan Annie Guerin Jyoti Aggarwal Source Type: research