Economic Evaluation in Dementia Research Concepts, methods and experiences

The number of people with dementia is estimated to be 35 million worldwide, 800,000 of whom are in the UK, and with an aging population this figure is set to increase. This book provides an overview of the principles of health economics and its application to dementia research. Chapters present four evocative case studies surrounding the economic evaluations of interventions for people with dementia, in a range of settings and contexts. Contributors discuss their personal experiences of conducting applied dementia research, and consider the challenges and implications for the health economic analysis. The international implications of dementia care financing and delivery are also explored, before a future agenda for the health economic analysis of dementia research is set out.

Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Measuring Costs in Economic Evaluation of Interventions Relating to Dementia Care 3. Measuring Outcomes in Economic Evaluation of Interventions Relating to Dementia Care 4. Bringing Large Datasets Together 5. Modelling the Economic Consequences of Dementia 6. Case Study: Economic Evaluation of a Pharmacological Intervention for People with Dementia 7. Case Study: Economic Evaluation of a Psychosocial Intervention for People with Dementia and their Carers 8. Case Study: Economic Evaluation of an Intervention to Support Family Carers 9. Case Study: Economic Evaluation of an Intervention to Support Care Home Staff Looking After People with Dementia 10. Thinking Wider: Economic Evaluation and International Comparisons of Dementia Care 11. Thinking Wider: The Use of Qualitative Methods as Part of Economic Evaluation of Interventions Related to Dementia Care 12. Future Research Agenda for Health Economics Applied to Dementia Care

Rhiannon Tudor Edwards is Professor of Health Economics and the Founding Director of Health Economics Research at Bangor University, UK. Martin Knapp is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics, UK. Anders Wimo is Adjunct Professor in Geriatric General Medicine in the Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Insitute, Sweden. Bengt Winblad is Professor and Co-Director of the Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Linus Jonsson is a Lecturer in the Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Insitute, Sweden.