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Table 5 One-way sensitivity analysis of costs of informal care

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

 

Hours/day

Hourly cost

Total costa (billion SEK)

Informal carea (billion SEK)

Cost per PWDa (SEK)

Base case

1.9

152

62.9

10.6

398,000

Higher amount of hours

3.3

152

70.2

18.0

445,000

Supervision time added

4.7

152

77.4

25.4

490,000

Replacement cost

1.9

434

82.6

30.3

523,000

Supervision time added and replacement cost

4.7

434

123.8

71.5

784,000

Alternative opportunity cost

1.9

109

59.9

7.6

379,000

Zero cost for informal care

0

0

52.3

0

331,000

  1. PWD Persons with dementia, SEK Swedish krona
  2. a1 € corresponds to SEK 8.77 and 1 US$ to SEK 6.96