UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

Healthcare utilization and monetary costs associated with agitation in UK care home residents with advanced dementia: a prospective cohort study

Buylova Gola, A; Morris, S; Candy, B; Davis, S; King, M; Kupeli, N; Leavey, G; ... Sampson, EL; + view all (2020) Healthcare utilization and monetary costs associated with agitation in UK care home residents with advanced dementia: a prospective cohort study. International Psychogeriatrics 10.1017/S1041610219002059. (In press). Green open access

[thumbnail of healthcare_utilization_and_monetary_costs_associated_with_agitation_in_uk_care_home_residents_with_advanced_dementia_a_prospective_cohort_study.pdf]
Preview
Text
healthcare_utilization_and_monetary_costs_associated_with_agitation_in_uk_care_home_residents_with_advanced_dementia_a_prospective_cohort_study.pdf - Published Version

Download (282kB) | Preview

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Nearly half of care home residents with advanced dementia have clinically significant agitation. Little is known about costs associated with these symptoms toward the end of life. We calculated monetary costs associated with agitation from UK National Health Service, personal social services, and societal perspectives. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Thirteen nursing homes in London and the southeast of England. PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-nine people with advanced dementia (Functional Assessment Staging Tool grade 6e and above) residing in nursing homes, and thirty-five of their informal carers. MEASUREMENTS: Data collected at study entry and monthly for up to 9 months, extrapolated for expression per annum. Agitation was assessed using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI). Health and social care costs of residing in care homes, and costs of contacts with health and social care services were calculated from national unit costs; for a societal perspective, costs of providing informal care were estimated using the resource utilization in dementia (RUD)-Lite scale. RESULTS: After adjustment, health and social care costs, and costs of providing informal care varied significantly by level of agitation as death approached, from £23,000 over a 1-year period with no agitation symptoms (CMAI agitation score 0–10) to £45,000 at the most severe level (CMAI agitation score >100). On average, agitation accounted for 30% of health and social care costs. Informal care costs were substantial, constituting 29% of total costs. CONCLUSIONS: With the increasing prevalence of dementia, costs of care will impact on healthcare and social services systems, as well as informal carers. Agitation is a key driver of these costs in people with advanced dementia presenting complex challenges for symptom management, service planners, and providers.

Type: Article
Title: Healthcare utilization and monetary costs associated with agitation in UK care home residents with advanced dementia: a prospective cohort study
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610219002059
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610219002059
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Keywords: economics, healthcare costs, nursing homes, social care costs
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Statistical Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089968
Downloads since deposit
0Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item