The economic consequences of Alzheimer's disease in the context of new drug developments

Martin Knapp, David Wilkinson, Rachel Wigglesworth (1998)

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 13 8 531-543

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199808)13:83.0.CO;2-M

Abstract

The first national symptomatic treatment for Alzheimer's disease has received a very mixed and perhaps ageist reception from purchasers of health care in the UK. This is largely because detailed information on the long-term effects of this class of dru