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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of society’s costliest diseases and it puts a heavy strain on patients and their caregivers. The demographic change in industrialized countries is expected to aggravate the situation substantially in the near future. Despite the fact that AD can not be cured until now, there are nevertheless several possibilities to ease the burden for AD patients and/or their caregivers. We elicit the preferences of the Swiss population for three possible health care programs dealing with AD. The first program tries to ease some of the strain on informal caregivers. In a second program we focus on early detection of AD which is required for existing therapies to be effective. In the last program research for curing AD will be intensified.
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Nocera, S., Telser, H., Bonato, D. (2003). Study Design. In: The Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care. Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9133-1_2
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