Unintended benefits: the potential economic impact of addressing risk factors to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

Lin, Pei-Jung; Yang, Zhou; Fillit, Howard M; Cohen, Joshua T; Neumann, Peter J

Lin, Pei-Jung; Yang, Zhou; Fillit, Howard M; Cohen, Joshua T; Neumann, Peter J.

Health Aff (Millwood) ; 33(4): 547-54, 2014 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24711313

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Alzheimer Disease/economics; Cost Savings; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease/etiology; Alzheimer Disease/prevention & control; Cost Savings/methods; Female; Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Medicare/economics; Medicare/statistics & numerical data; Obesity/economics; Obesity/prevention & control; Overweight/economics; Overweight/prevention & control; Risk Factors; United States

Key words

Cost of Health Care; Elderly; Health Economics; Health Promotion/Disease Prevention; Medicare

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cost Savings / Alzheimer Disease Type of study: Etiology_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Health Aff (Millwood) Year: 2014 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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