Health utilities in Alzheimer's disease a cross-sectional study of patients and caregivers

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-32

  Neumann, Peter J ^a,f   Kuntz, Karen M ^a,b   Leon, Joel ^c   Araki, Sally S ^a   Hermann, Richard C ^b,d   Ming Ann, Hsu ^e   Weinstein, Milton C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Proj HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Health utilities; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032603374     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199901000-00005     Document Type: Article

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