Factors associated with costs of care in community-dwelling persons with dementia from a third party payer and societal perspective: a cross-sectional study.

Background Besides the importance of estimating the global economic impact of care for persons with dementia, there is an emerging need to identify the key factors associated with this cost. The aim of this study was to analyze associations between the cost of care in community-dwelling persons with dementia and caregiver characteristics from both the healthcare third party payer perspective and the societal perspective.