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International Journal of Psychiatry(IJP)

ISSN: 2475-5435 | DOI: 10.33140/IJP

Impact Factor: 1.85

Pharmacoeconomic Approach to Dementia: A Review of the Current Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Managements - A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Abstract

Luis Ángel Francisco Sorroza López, Laura Martino Roaro

Dementia is a growing world health threatening condition declared as public health care priority by the World Health Organization (WHO); the prevalence of the condition reached 46.8 million people in 2015, affecting mainly population over 65 years old. Yet, due to a longer life expectancy, among other factors, the incidence will raise and is being estimated around 7.7 million new cases per year; therefore, the prevalence is expected to reach 81.1 million by the year 2040 and over 131.5 million in 2050 with an increasing incidence in population under 50 and 40 years of age [1,2].

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