Costs of formal care for frail older people in England: The resource implications study of the MRC cognitive function and ageing study (RIS MRC CFAS)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-341

  McNamee, Paul ^a   Gregson, Barbara A ^a   Buck, Debbie ^a   Bamford, Claire H ^a   Bond, John ^a   Wright, Ken ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Costs; Elderly; Methodology; Older people; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032927980     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00351-7     Document Type: Article

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