Table 3.

Resource consumption during three months for 136 outpatients over 60 years old attended at the Neurology Department of Clínica Internacional in Lima, Peru.

Resource item		Not dementia (n=30)		Alzheimer’s dementia (n=44)			Frontotemporal dementia (n=18)			Vascular dementia (n=44)
		n (%)		n (%)	p-value		n (%)	p-value		n (%)	p-value
Healthcare resources	Healthcare delivery system
	Any health provider	10 (33.33)		12 (27.27)	Ref.		4 (22.22)	Ref.		18 (40.91)	Ref.
	“Family Health” program	11 (36.67)		24 (54.55)	0.14		9 (50.00)	0.59		19 (43.18)	0.20
	None	9 (30.00)		8 (18.18)	0.64		5 (27.78)	0.69		7 (15.91)	0.19
	Medical tests at baseline
	Hematological and tomography	30 (100.00)		11 (25.00)	Ref.		0.00	Ref.		11 (25.00)	Ref.
	Hematological and magnetic resonance	0.00		33 (75.00)	<0.01		18 (100.00)	<0.01**		33 (75.00)	<0.01
	Medical visits per trimester*	2.00 [0.00]		3.27 [0.59]	<0.01		3.28 [0.57]	<0.01		3.23 [0.52]	<0.01
	Hospitalizations per trimester*	1.00 [0.00]		1.23 [0.52]	0.22		1.22 [0.55]	0.63		1.18 [0.50]	0.57
	Antidementia drugs consumption	0.00		35 (79.55)	<0.01		8 (44.44)	<0.01**		19 (43.18)	<0.01**
	Antipsychotics drugs consumption	0.00		29 (65.91)	<0.01		18 (100.00)	<0.01**		39 (88.64)	<0.01**
Non-healthcare resources	Nappy consumption per day*	0.2 [0.61]		0.57 [1.17]	0.99		0.78 [1.31]	0.50		0.59 [1.23]	0.84
	Caregiver per trimester
	None/caregiver non-EAP	30 (100.00)		8 (18.18)	Ref.		2 (11.11)	Ref.		6 (13.64)	Ref.
	Informal caregiver	0.00		24 (54.55)	<0.01		13 (72.22)	<0.01		29 (65.91)	<0.01
	Remunerated caregiver	0.00		12 (27.27)	<0.01		3 (16.67)	<0.01		9 (20.45)	<0.01

^*Values expressed as mean [standard deviation];

^**Statistically different with Alzheimer’s dementia; Ref: Reference categories; Caregiver non-EAP: caregiver aged over 64 years.