Cognitive disability and direct care costs for elderly people

Shane Kavanagh, Martin Knapp (1999)

British Journal of Psychiatry 174 539-546

https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.174.6.539

Abstract

Background

Population ageing and the high costs of health and social care support for elderly people with mental health problems have concentrated growing attention on economic issues. There is, however, little evidence on the association bet