Table 4.

Healthcare and non-healthcare costs during three months for 136 outpatients over 60 years old attended at the Neurology Department of Clínica Internacional in Lima, Peru.

Cost item		Not dementia (n=30)		Alzheimer’s dementia (n=44)			Frontotemporal dementia (n=18)			Vascular dementia (n=44)
		p50 [min-max]		p50 [min-max]	p-value		p50 [min-max]	p-value		p50 [min-max]	p-value
Healthcare costs	Medical tests at baseline	372 [372-372]		437 [372-437]	<0.01		437 [437-437]	<0.01*		437 [372-437]	<0.01#
	Medical visits per trimester	37 [22-74]		56 [33-148]	<0.01		56 [33-185]	0.01		56 [33-111]	0.03
	Hospitalizations per trimester	0		0 [0-1519]	0.01		0 [0-1154]	0.02		0 [0-1519]	0.04
	Antidementia drugs	0		437 [0-846]	0.01		0 [0-558]	<0.01*		0 [0-801]	<0.01*
	Antipsychotics drugs	0		125 [0-1138]	<0.01		927 [324-1647]	<0.01*		227 [0-1423]	<0.01#
	Sub-total 1 (healthcare costs)	393 [372-409]		1167 [703-3487]	<0.01		1544 [849-3296]	<0.01*		908 [471-3126]	<0.01*#
Non- healthcare costs	Nappy consumption per trimester	0 [0-198]		0 [0-396]	0.18		0 [0-297]	0.07		0.00 [0-396]	0.18
	Caregiver per trimester			667 [667-1111]	<0.01		667 [667-1111]	<0.01		667 [667-1111]	<0.01
	Sub-total 2 (non-healthcare costs)	0 [0-198]		666 [0-1508]	<0.01		667 [0-1409]	0.03		667 [0-1409]	<0.01
	Total costs	394 [372-607]		1878 [715-4896]	<0.01		2252 [1397-4705]	<0.01		1727 [644-4188]	<0.01#
	Total variable costs	22 [0-235]		1470 [344-4459]	<0.01		1869 [960-4268]	<0.01*		1291 [207-3751]	<0.01#

^*Statistically different with Alzheimer’s dementia;

^#Statistically different with frontotemporal dementia; Ref: Reference categories; Total variable costs refer to costs of management of dementia, excluding the costs of dementia diagnosis. Costs are presented as US dollars (average exchange rate in 2012: 1 US dollar = 2.7 Peruvian nuevo sol).