Costs of dementia and dementia care: A review

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 841-856

  Wimo, Anders ^a,b,d   Ljunggren, Gunnar ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^d Box 16 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimers' disease; Costs; Dementia; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 0030846075     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199708)12:8<841::AID-GPS652>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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