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- Cancro Ginecológico – consensos nacionais 2013Publication . Pregal, Alexandra; Sofia, Alexandra Rico; Petiz, Almerinda; Félix, Ana; Jorge, Ana Francisca; Costa, Ana Marta; Lagoa, António; Alves, Boaventura; Bartosch, Carla; Barros, Carlos; Coelho, Clara; Frutuoso, Cristina; Fernandes, Daniel; Pereira, Deolinda; Branco, Elisabete Castelo; Cruz, Eugénia; Peralta, Fátima; Mota, Fernando; Santos, Filomena; Martins, Francisco Nogueira; Melo, Gilberto; Vieira, Guy; Nabais, Henrique; Rodrigues, Henrique; Gaspar, Hugo; Boto, Isabel; Henriques, Isabel; Pazos, Isabel; Santana, Isabel; Belo, Joana; Sá, Joana Bordalo e; Moutinho, José; Pereira, José Silva; Sá, Luís; Carvalho, Luísa; Salgado, Lurdes; Nogueira, Madalena; Pontes, Manuel; Rocha, Mara; Barros, Margarida; Bernardino, Margarida; Andrade, Maria João; Noruegas, Maria José; Ferreira, Marta; Cruz, Mónica; Nave, Mónica; Afonso, Noémia; Martins, Nuno Nogueira; Soares, Orlando; Lapa, Paula; Soares, Paula; Aldinhas, Paulo; Correia, Paulo; Cortes, Paulo; Agostinho, Paulo Gil; Ribas, Paulo; Madeira, Pedro; Castro, Pedro Vieira de; Sousa, Rita; Lourenço, Rosa; Couto, Rosário; Broco, Sofia; Carvalho, Teresa; Cunha, Teresa Margarida; Rebelo, Teresa; Silva, Teresa Simões; Patrício, Vanda
- Epidemiologia da Demência e da Doença de Alzheimer em Portugal: Estimativas da Prevalência e dos Encargos Financeiros com a MedicaçãoPublication . Santana, Isabel; Farinha, Filipa; Freitas, Sandra; Rodrigues, Vitor; Carvalho, ÁlvaroIntroduction: The incidence and prevalence of global dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increase with age, almost doubling every five years after the sixth decade of life. Demographic aging is a reality in Portugal, being expectable that the number of dementia cases also increases. Even so, dementia-epidemiological data in Portugal is scarce and cost-of-illness studies are almost inexistent. Our aims were to obtain up-to-date information about the prevalence of dementia/ Alzheimer’s disease in Portugal, to estimate the number of cases effectively diagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease and to determine illness-costs with specific dementia treatment. Material and Methods: The numbers of age-adjusted prevalence of dementia obtained for Occidental Europe (Alzheimer’s Disease International study), where applied to the resident population in Portugal (2013). Estimations related to diagnosis and treatment-costs were based in data provided by the Intercontinental Marketing Services Health (IMSH) – 2013. Results: The estimated number of Portuguese people with dementia among those aged ≥ 60 years, is 160287, representing 5.91% of this population-stratum. Knowing Alzheimer’s disease is responsible for 50-70% of all cases, we might conclude there are between 80144 and 112201 patients. According to IMSH-data, 76250 receive anti-dementia drugs and the costs of this kind of medication is 37 M€/year. Conclusions: As a consequence of the demographic aging, also the number of dementia cases increases. Aparentely, not all Alzheimer’s disease patients receive the recommended medication, suggesting this condition is still under-diagnosed. However, figures indicate a positive progression with an increment of treated cases and a reduction of medication-costs.