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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jan 8;19(7):2865–2873. doi: 10.1002/alz.12901

TABLE 4.

Subcategory costs of dementia as per person costs of dementia (US $) in 2019, by World Bank country classification

Cost subcategory Direct medical costs Direct social sector costs Informal care costs Total costs
World Bank 2019 US $ US $ US $ US $
Low-income countries 118 270 2187 2575
Lower-middle-income countries 546 660 3804 5010
Upper-middle-income countries 2302 2321 7790 12,414
Low-and middle-income countriesa 1755 1805 6523 10,083
High-income countries 7201 18,140 20,159 45,500
All 3864 8130 11,803 23,796
a

Low- and middle-income countries = low-income countries + lower-middle-income countries + upper-middle-income countries.