The societal costs of dementia in Sweden 2012 – relevance and methodological challenges in valuing informal care

Table 2 Unit costs in base case

	Unit cost (SEK)^a	Reference
Medical care sector
Hospital care	4780/day	[49]
Emergency room visits	2988/visit	[49]
Outpatient care visits (specialists)	3918/visit	[49]
Primary care physician visits	1140/visit	[83]
Other outpatient care visits	931/visit	[49]
Drug use	7080/year	[55]
Diagnosis in primary care	7017/diagnosis	[84]
Diagnosis in specialist care	12,095/diagnosis	[84]
Social care sector
Higher-staffed institutional care	606,134/year	[42]
Group living	606,134/year	[42]
Lower-staffed institutional care	472,828/year	[42]
Day care	98,900/year	[45]
Home services	434/h	[42]
Dementia nurse	56,250/year	[48]
Informal care	152/h	[67, 68]
Indirect costs	357,600/year	[67]

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