Table 3.

Mean annual direct healthcare costs by service category and dementia subtype

	Non-Dementia (N=2,754,980)	Dementia (N=247,007)	LBD (N=10,869)	FTD (N=728)	VaD (N=9,911)	AD (N=57,225)	Other/Classified elsewhere/NOS/Mixed (N=168,274)
Total cost*,†	6,070 (16,163)	16,867 (28,712)	22,514 (32,414)	14,853 (26,540)	21,002 (34,622)	13,935 (23,969)	17,265 (29,448)
Inpatient cost*,†	2,131 (10,911)	8,522 (21,670)	11,736 (25,088)	8,160 (20,721)	11,956 (26,484)	6,866 (17, 621)	8,678 (22,309)
Outpatient cost*,†	443 (1,828)	488 (1,764)	599 (2,152)	584 (2,602)	444 (1,671)	353 (1,354)	529 (1,856)
Carrier cost*,†	2,778 (7,497)	4,726 (7,262)	5,699 (7,408)	3,663 (5,006)	4,937 (8,275)	3,511 (5,910)	5,069 (7,561)
Home health agency (HHA) cost*,†	612 (2,757)	2,431 (4,693)	3,569 (5,503)	1,782 (4,658)	2,670 (4,796)	2,534 (4,726)	2,312 (4,607)
Hospice cost*,†	18 (249)	119 (638)	137 (689)	144 (841)	224 (932)	206 (827)	85 (525)
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) cost*,†	88 (1,115)	580 (2,734)	774 (3,071)	521 (3,019)	771 (3,106)	466 (2,402)	595 (2,790)

All values mean (s.d.) in U.S. dollars, and based on all beneficiaries.

^*We found a significant difference between non-dementia and dementia at alpha level of 0.0001.

^†We found a significant difference across all dementia subtypes at alpha level of 0.0001.