Larissa Schwarzkopf

TL;DR: The KORA-Age study underestimated the use of long-term care services, in-hospital days, physician visits and physician visits, and the assessment of drug consumption by postal self-report questionnaires yielded similar estimates to the analysis of insurance claims data.

TL;DR: Comparing relevant comorbidity complexes in elderly people with and without dementia, with a particular look at gender- and living environment-specific differences, points to particular conditions that are likely to remain untreated or even undiagnosed.

TL;DR: There is a multifactorial influence on institutionalization of dementia patients by sociodemographic, health-related, and psychological aspects as well as the care situation, thus validating the predictor model by Luppa et al.

TL;DR: Due to valued informal care, costs of care for community-living patients with moderate dementia are significantly higher than for patients with mild dementia.

TL;DR: The results suggest that female dementia patients need to be seen as a key target group for health services research in an ageing society and that strategies enabling community-based care for this vulnerable population might contribute to lowering the financial burden caused by dementia.