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

Table 3 Total societal costs of dementia in Sweden in 2012 (base option)

	Cost (million SEK)^a	Per PWD, SEK^a	Proportion
Medical care sector (county councils)
Hospital care	276		0.4%
Emergency room visits	264		0.4%
Outpatient care visits (specialists)	57		0.1%
Primary care physician visits	360		0.6%
Other outpatient care (e.g., rehabilitation)	589		0.9%
Drug use	1120		1.8%
Diagnostic workups	240		0.4%
Total medical care sector	2904	18,382	4.6%
Social care sector (municipalities)
Institutional care (permanent)	38,199		60.7%
Short-term respite care	2364		3.8%
Day care	989		1.6%
Home services	7372		11.7%
Dementia nurses	338		0.5%
Total social care sector	49,262	311,783	78.3%
Indirect costs	118	744	0.2%
Total^b	62,920	398,226	100.0%

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