Editing Delirium (section)

===Costs===
In the US, the cost of a hospital admission for people with delirium is estimated at between $16k and $64k, suggesting the national burden of delirium may range from $38 bn to $150 bn per year (2008 estimate).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Leslie DL, Marcantonio ER, Zhang Y, Leo-Summers L, Inouye SK | title = One-year health care costs associated with delirium in the elderly population | journal = Archives of Internal Medicine | volume = 168 | issue = 1 | pages = 27–32 | date = January 2008 | pmid = 18195192 | pmc = 4559525 | doi = 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.4 }}</ref> In the UK, the cost is estimated as £13k per admission.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Akunne A, Murthy L, Young J | title = Cost-effectiveness of multi-component interventions to prevent delirium in older people admitted to medical wards | journal = Age and Ageing | volume = 41 | issue = 3 | pages = 285–291 | date = May 2012 | pmid = 22282171 | doi = 10.1093/ageing/afr147 | doi-access = free }}</ref>