Emergency department and hospital admissions among people with dementia living at home or in nursing homes: results of the European RightTimePlaceCare project on their frequency, associated factors and costs

Table 5 Estimated average annual medical costs per person with dementia in the RTPC sample (n = 1700) ^{a, b,c}

Medical Care (Inpatient care)	Estonia n = 225	Finland n = 268	France n = 186	Germany n = 190	Netherlands n = 269	Spain n = 240	Sweden n = 207	UK n = 115	All countries n = 1700
Estimated n of people with dementia with EDA episodes (estimated EDA episodes/year)	48 (56)	124 (164)	56 (68)	84 (108)	72 (144)	136 (200)	36 (108)	76 (96)	632 (944)
Cost (NH)	6.31	62.89	122.78	121.75	51.77	52.51	35.77	127.96	67.30
Cost (HC)	20.87	183.41	68.30	105.96	135.17	115.19	169.51	164.21	117.48
Total cost of EDA	15.69	133.49	78.55	114.19	102.93	92.99	119.76	146.87	98.41
Estimated n of people with dementia with HA episodes (estimated HA days/year)	72 (816)	148 (2656)	176 (1832)	140 (1072)	44 (204)	56 (1012)	56 (1308)	72 (1000)	764 (9900)
Cost (NH)	215.86	1092.88	1326.99	1464.11	353.11	397.94	2005.59	1229.82	978.89
Cost (HC)	459.23	5340.47	3632.84	2429.68	153.14	1372.76	3028.60	1619.27	2280.48
Total cost of HA	372.70	3581.21	3198.94	1926.57	238.17	1059.53	2648.13	1433.01	1785.87
Estimated n of people with dementia with hospital episodes (EDA episodes and HA episodes)	120	272	232	224	116	192	92	148	1396
Cost (NH)	222.17	1155.77	1449.77	1585.86	424.83	540.84	2041.56	1357.78	1046.19
Cost (HC)	480.10	5523.87	3701.13	2535.65	288.31	1487.96	3198.11	1783.48	2397.96
Total cost of hospital episodes	388.39	3714.70	3277.49	2040.76	341.09	1152.52	2767.89	1579.89	1884.28

EDA Emergency Department Admissions, HA Hospital Admissions
^aAll expenses refer to costs per person with dementia, according to setting and country
^bCosts calculated including only people with dementia with data available on the number of EDA or HA
^cAll costs expressed in €

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