Costs of Mini Mental State Examination-Related cognitive impairment
Linus Jönsson Linus Jönsson, Peter Lindgren, Anders Wimo, Bengt Jönsson, Bengt Winblad
Bok Engelsk 2003
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| Opplysninger | Abstract: Objective: To investigate the relationship between cognitive impairment, measured with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and the cost of care. Design: The study uses data from the Kungsholmen project, a population-based study in Sweden in which people 75 years and older were observed over time. The initial study population (n=1810) was divided into 4 health states based on the MMSE. A Markov model was constructed from the transition probabilities between different states between the first and second phases of the study. The expected cost of cognitive impairment for a period of 10 years was estimated for the cohort of patients studied. Main outcome measures and results: There was a strong correlation between cognitive impairment in terms of the MMSE and the annual cost of care. A muøtivariate statistical analysis showed that a decrease in the MMSE by 1 point was associated with an increase in the cost of care of 15000 Swedish kronor (SEK) (
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