Comparison of Informal Care Time and Costs in Different Age-Related Dementias: A Review

Table 2

Informal time and costs in at home patients.

Disease	Study				Mild			Moderate		Moderate to severe				Severe			Total
		Unit costs	Informal care time	Informal costs	Percent of TC	Informal care time	Informal costs	Percent of TC	Informal care time	Informal costs	Percent of TC	Informal care time	Informal costs	Percent of TC	Informal care time	Informal costs	Percent of TC
	Rigaud et al. [13]	7.84	7.08	2,666	33.50	28.42	10,696	53.00				120.00	45,225	67.00	39.20	14,743	51.00
	Souêtre et al. [14]	4.71	34.05	7,698	74.20	44.54	10,070	62.70				64.11	14,493	68.00	47.60	10,752	67.50
	Souêtre et al. [15]	1.75				26.60	2,108	41.00				31.50	2,768	33.00	29.05	2,438	38.80
	Cavallo and Fattore [18]	6.70													139.30	44,736	84.50
	Bastida et al. [20]	7.24	56.00	13,676	71.40	77.00	24,973	76.20				84.00	42,817	98.60	80.00	27,751	76.80
AD	Max et al. [21]	10.05				66.15	31,937	NS				75.43	36,389	NS	71.50	34,517	NS
	Rice et al. [22]	9.99				66.60	31,937	80.70				75.88	36,389	69.10	71.25	34,163	73.30
	Hux et al. [23]	4.20	22.05	7,248	NS	43.23	14,220	NS				46.75	15,372	NS	37.34	12,280	NS
	Leon and Neumann [24]	6.25	31.33	9,384	62.90	40.80	12,228	63.40				49.60	14,868	57.50	38.42	11,520	NS
	Schnaider Beeri et al. [25]	3.30													67.50	10,700	60.30
	Zencir et al. [26]	2.60	1.22	145	8.20	12.47	1,468	38.20				21.07	2,480	50.30	11.59	1,364	39.00
	Allegri et al. [27]	2.87	24.40	3,361	NS	39.50	5,441	NS				43.80	6,033	NS	35.90	4,940	2.80
	Keränen et al. [29]	2.36	10.00	1,132	NS							30.80	3,484	NS	21.20	2,395	16.00
PD	Winter et al. [30]	3.25													10.00	1,563	23.70
	Whetten-Goldstein et al. [31]	5.10													22.00	5,386	79.50
	Winter et al. [32]	7.99													10.00	3,832	27.90

NS: Not specified; % of TC: percentage of total costs; unit costs: valuation of one hour of informal caregiving.
All costs are in 2012 USD; Informal care time: per week; Informal costs: per year; unit cost: unit cost of one hour of informal care.
AD: Alzheimer disease; PD: Parkinson disease.