The social cost to treat patients suffering from Alzheimer's in Korea will be nearly 42 billion dollars by the year 2050.
The findings came in a report from the National Assembly Budget Office, which showed the number of people with the disease aged 65 or older will increase to 5.6 percent of the national population within the same time span.
The report was based on data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
It urged the state health care agency to include related checkups in health exams for early detection.■
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