A new report from Alzheimers Research UK, featuring analysis from Office of Health Economics (OHE), has modelled the impact of new treatments for dementia were they to be introduced in the UK from 2020.
The report entitled "Defeat Dementia: The evidence and a vision for action" reveals that a therapy delaying onset of dementia by five years would both reduce the number of cases by a third and alleviate economic costs by 36%, or over £21 billion, by 2050
Copy of Report:http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/siteFiles/resources/documents/reports/ARUK-OHE-report.pdf
Source: ARUK