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. 2018 Nov 12;13(11):e0206508. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206508

Table 4. Total cost and cost per person with dementia in 2014.

  total cost cost per person with dementia **
  JPY(million) USD(million)* JPY(thousand) USD(thousand)*
  mean se mean se mean   se mean   se
healthcare cost                    
    total 1,911,459 4,905 14,838 38 784   2 6.1   0.02
    outpatient 970,261 2,793 7,532 22 398   1 3.1   0.01
    inpatient 941,198 3,962 7,306 31 386   2 3.0   0.01
LTC cost                    
    total 6,443,243 63,234 50,017 491 2,643   26 20.5   0.20
    home care services 3,528,022 60,176 27,387 467 2,189 $ 37 17.0 $ 0.19
    institutional services 2,915,221 17,390 22,630 135 3,528 $ $ 21 27.4 $ $ 0.06
informal care cost                    
    base case 6,159,280 12,538 47,813 97 3,822 $ 8 29.7 $ 0.04
    sensitivity analysis 1 2,019,419 3,985 15,676 31 1,253 $ 2 9.7 $ 0.01
    sensitivity analysis 2 7,631,149 15,162 59,239 118 4,735 $ 9 36.8 $ 0.05
    sensitivity analysis 3 8,315,353 16,416 64,550 127 5,160 $ 10 40.1 $ 0.05
total cost of dementia 14,513,981 66,031 112,669 513 5,954   27 46.2   0.21

*USD 1 is equal to JPY 128.82 based on the purchasing power perity at June 2014 (http://www.iima.or.jp/research/ppp/index.html)

** the number of the people with dementia is assumed to be 2,437 thousand in total except figures with $, $ $.

$ the number of the people with dementia is assumed to be those at home (ie. 1,611 thousand)

$ $ the number of the people with dementia is assumed to be those at institution (ie. 826 thousand)