Total Estimated Economic Costs
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Direct medical costs of dementia (within the healthcare sector), direct social costs of dementia (paid and professional home care, and residential and nursing home care), Informal care costs of dementia (unpaid)
Numerator
Direct medical costs of dementia (within the healthcare sector), direct social costs of dementia (paid and professional home care, and residential and nursing home care), Informal care costs of dementia (unpaid)
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Region and country
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Centrally-conducted. Briefly, costs are estimated at the country level (using literature searches for cost-of-illness studies) and then aggregated in various combinations to summarise worldwide cost and cost by WHO region.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
World Health Organization. (2018). The global dementia observatory reference guide. World Health Organization. iris.who.int/handle/10665/272669. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO