Table 7 Estimated ‘net’ costs of dementia (SEK)

Step 1

 Direct cost of care for people aged 65+ years

101,756

79,973

181,729 million SEK

 Direct costs of dementia

49,262

2904

52,166 million SEK

 Direct costs for PWD aged 65+ years^a

46,144

2720

48,864 million SEK

 Direct costs of care for people without dementia aged 65+ years

132,865 million SEK

 Number of people aged 65+ years

1,828,283

 Number of people aged 65+ years without dementia

1,680,283

 Direct cost per person aged 65+ years without dementia

79,073 SEK

Step 2: costs per PWD

 Gross cost per person with dementia^a (Table 2)^b

398,226 SEK

 Exclude: direct cost for person without dementia as above

79,073 SEK

 Exclude: costs of informal care of PWD (Table 2)

67,318 SEK

 ‘Net’ direct costs

251,836 SEK

 ‘Net’ total costs (including informal care)

319,154 SEK

Step 3: aggregated costs

 Aggregated ‘net’ direct costs of dementia aged 65+ years (148,000 PWD)

37,272 million SEK

 Aggregated ‘net’ direct costs all dementia (158,000 PWD)

39,790 million SEK

 Aggregated ‘net’ costs all including informal care aged 65+ years (148,000 PWD)

47,235 million SEK

 Aggregated ‘net’ costs all including informal care all dementia (158,000 PWD)

50,426 million SEK