The financial and social costs of delirium

Key Summary Points Aim To review the published literature on the cost of delirium. Findings Every study has found that delirium increases the cost of care in every setting, in hospital, after discharge at home and in long-term care. Message Delirium results in increased financial and social costs which, when considered with the impacts on morbidity and mortality, support the call to urgently improve prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of delirium.