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. 2022 Feb 21;18(12):2560–2569. doi: 10.1002/alz.12619

TABLE 2.

Predicted health‐care costs of people with dementia and controls 10 years before and 6 years after diagnosis (expressed in Swedish krona, SEK, of 2016 prices)

n (Dementia and comparison) Dementia Comparison
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Difference
Years before
10 34,674 18,007 17,251 18,764 15,944 15,340 16,549 2,063 a
9 42,368 19,430 18,731 20,129 17,295 16,696 17,893 2,135 a
8 42,368 21,110 20,395 21,825 18,779 18,161 19,396 2,332 a
7 42,368 23,096 22,318 23,873 19,577 18,926 20,228 3,519 a
6 42,368 24,731 23,935 25,528 21,765 21,106 22,425 2,966 a
5 42,368 27,348 26,494 28,202 22,953 22,276 23,629 4,395 a
4 42,368 29,526 28,665 30,388 25,233 24,524 25,942 4,293 a
3 42,368 31,800 30,889 32,710 27,788 26,947 28,630 4,011 a
2 42,368 35,621 34,608 36,633 30,673 29,844 31,502 4,947 a
1 42,368 41,541 40,461 42,621 33,375 32,482 34,268 8,166 a
Diagnosis 38,867 82,056 80,354 83,758 37,647 36,590 38,703 44,410 a
Years after
1 31,235 56,789 55,292 58,287 37,925 36,760 39,091 18,864 a
2 23,669 49,029 47,495 50,563 38,035 36,663 39,407 10,994 a
3 16,595 45,034 43,286 46,782 40,101 38,528 41,674 4,933 a
4 11,201 42,816 40,639 44,993 39,751 37,953 41,549 3,065
5 6,593 41,089 38,380 43,797 41,296 38,885 43,707 –207
6 3,007 42,653 38,788 46,517 43,338 39,558 47,118 –685

Notes: Adjusting for sex, year of birth, educational level, foreign background, number of children, marital status and Charlson Comorbidity Index based on 5 years before diagnosis.

a

Statistically significant at a 5% level of significance. For full regression results see Table S2.

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.