Table of contents

  • Preliminary material 
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
      • Background
      • Prevalence of dementia
      • Service impact
      • Burden of disease
      • Expenditures by the health and aged care systems
  • Sections
    1. Introduction 
      1. Background
      2. Dementia as a contributor to demand for services
      3. Definition and identification of dementia
      4. Scope of the report
    2. Prevalence and incidence of dementia in the population.
      1. Prevalence
      2. Incidence
    3. Service impact
      1. General practice
      2. Hospitals
      3. Aged Care Assessment Teams
      4. Community care
      5. Residential aged care
      6. Movement between services
      7. Summary
    4. Costs of dementia
      1. Burden of disease
      2. System expenditure
  • End matter 
    1. Appendix: Data on general practice
    2. References