Gil Gregorio Pedro
Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol. 2016 Jun;51 Suppl 1:7-11. doi: 10.1016/S0211-139X(16)30137-8.
Almost 36 million persons live with dementia worldwide. This figure is set to double by 2030, with 66 million patients, and by 2050 there will be 116 million affected persons. Dementia has an economic impact on individuals and health services and affects the global economy. It is important to evaluate costs to plan social services and healthcare and to provide information on the cost-effectiveness of treatments. The economic cost of dementia was around 604 billion dollars in 2010 and estimates are obviously set to rise.
全球近3600万人患有痴呆症。这一数字预计到2030年将翻一番，达到6600万患者，到2050年将有1.16亿人受影响。痴呆症对个人和医疗服务产生经济影响，并影响全球经济。评估成本对于规划社会服务和医疗保健以及提供治疗的成本效益信息非常重要。2010年痴呆症的经济成本约为6040亿美元，而且估计成本显然还会上升。
