Abstract:
The article presents the using of the system dynamic for the modeling of the economic aspects of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Alzheimer's disease is one of important mental illnesses. It is assumed that more than 25 % of the population is affected by mental disease during their lifetime. Each patient draws resources from the concerned economy. Therefore, it is interesting to quantify the potential economic threat. In the first part of this paper was created population model, which corresponds approximately to predictions of Eurostat. The second part was devoted to finding and creating functions of trends of expected patients with AD. The third part is devoted to general cost model for patients with AD.
