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

Table 4

Informal time and costs without distinction of place of leaving.

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
	Jönsson et al. [16]	4.57	13.92	2,694	30.80	26.57	5,954	44.90	44.98	9,611	29.40	49.80	11,085	20.50	30.24	6,635	26.70
	Mesterton et al. [17]	6.60	10.30	3,104	13.20	14.20	5,871	10.30				20.20	4,218	5.90	13.97	4,428	9.40
AD	Coduras et al. [19]	3.94													66.55	11,251	52.30
	Hux et al. [23]	6.83	22.10	7,248	76.70	26.40	8,652	53.90	24.08	7,896	30.70	15.12	4,956	13.50	21.90	7,182	32.60
	Allegri et al. [27]	2.87	13.50	1,860	35.20	14.88	2,050	30.90				11.50	1,584	14.10	13.29	1,831	23.70
PD	Findley et al. [28]	18.53				31.74	18,548	56.70	34.82	21,708	40.30				33.90	19,413	43.40
VD	Wimo and Winblad [33]	4.77	32.82	7,508	17.60	47.57	10,882	26.30				25.27	5,782	12.30	39.20	8,969	20.80

NS: not specified; Percent 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; VD: vascular dementia.