老年性痴呆带来的明显经济损失常易被忽视,因其所耗费用在日常会计业务中不出现。该病是美国慢性智力下降的最常见的原因,了解其所耗费用对确定研究重点和资源分配以及制定新的社会、卫生和经济政策是很重要的。然而,以前尚没有系统地计算过这些费用。了解此费用对老年性痴呆病人的管理和向他们提供服务经费等都有裨益。 The obvious economic loss caused by Alzheimer’s disease is often overlooked because its cost does not appear in the daily accounting business. The disease is the most common cause of chronic mental decline in the United States. It is important to understand how much it costs to determine research priorities and resource allocation and to formulate new social, health, and economic policies. However, these costs have not been systematically calculated before. Understanding this fee will benefit both the management of Alzheimer’s patients and the provision of services to them.