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released: 11 Jun 2004 media release

In mid-2003, the Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to investigate the extent to which health and aged care service use can be associated with dementia, to inform an Australian Government review of pricing arrangements in residential aged care by Professor Warren Hogan. This report presents the findings of these investigations, examining the prevalence of dementia in the Australian population, the current patterns of service use by people with dementia and the costs associated with this use.

ISBN 978 1 74024 385 8; Cat. no. AGE 37; 94pp.; $23.00

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Full publication (504K PDF)

  • Preliminary material (165K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
      • Background
      • Prevalence of dementia
      • Service impact
      • Burden of disease
      • Expenditures by the health and aged care systems
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (454K PDF)
      1. Background
      2. Dementia as a contributor to demand for services
      3. Definition and identification of dementia
      4. Scope of the report
    2. Prevalence and incidence of dementia in the population.
      1. Prevalence
      2. Incidence
    3. Service impact
      1. General practice
      2. Hospitals
      3. Aged Care Assessment Teams
      4. Community care
      5. Residential aged care
      6. Movement between services
      7. Summary
    4. Costs of dementia
      1. Burden of disease
      2. System expenditure
  • End matter (96K PDF)
    1. Appendix: Data on general practice
    2. References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2004. The impact of dementia on the health and aged care systems. Cat. no. AGE 37. Canberra: AIHW.