Health Economics of Dementia

Drugs are being developed to alleviate the symptoms of dementia and different models of care are being tried. This book is a reference work in the subject. It gives a basis of the disease, its epidemiology, care implications, development and use of drugs. It discusses the challenges of obtaining reliable data and reviews the tools used to assess the costs of dementia to date. It also deals with the pharmacoeconomics of dementia.

Author: Anders Wimo
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 10/15/1998
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.22lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9780471983767

About the Author

Anders Wimo was born in 1952. He's Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, care sciences and society at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden since 2007 and a Family physician in Bergsjo (Halsingland), Sweden since 1991.

Previously: Associate Professor, department of Family Medicine, Umea University, Sweden 1995. Clinical lecturer, Primary health Care of Hälsingland, 1999-2000. Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, 1999- 2007. Family physician, Sundsvall, Sweden, 1985-1991.