Healthcare costs in chronically ill community-living older adults are dependent on XXXX .

@entity1 @entity64 @entity625 @entity6 @entity146 @entity5 @entity601 @entity74 @entity1576 @entity299
BACKGROUND: The economic impact on society associated with the healthcare of older adults depends on their health status. The aim was to estimate the excess costs associated with co-morbid mental and @entity74 . METHODS: Data were from a health survey of 2004 older adults. Two-year healthcare costs were identified from administrative databases. Generalized linear models were used to study healthcare costs as a function of co-morbid @entity146 ( @entity146 ) and @entity299 ( @entity299 ), @entity625 , @entity6 , @entity5 , @entity1576 ( @entity1576 ) and @entity64 ( @entity64 ). RESULTS: @entity1 with @entity299 and @entity64 with @entity601 incurred higher costs reaching  1696 (95% confidence interval (CI):  30,  3422) and  14 772 (95% CI:  1909,  31 454) than those without @entity601 . @entity1576 and @entity601 incurred higher costs reaching  5343 (95% CI:  343,  10 343) than those without @entity1576 . The excess annual adjusted healthcare costs associated with co-morbid @entity601 and @entity74 reach close to  600 M per 1 000 000 population of older adults. CONCLUSION: The presence of @entity146 with @entity299 , @entity64 and RDs has a synergistic effect on healthcare costs. These findings underline the need for improved primary care for the prevention and treatment of co-mental and @entity74 that can potentially save hundreds of millions to society.
