Cost comparisons between family-based care and nursing home care for dementia

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1005-1012

  Chiu, Lian ^b   Tang, Kwong Yui ^c   Liu, Yu Hua ^c   Shyu, Woei Cherng ^c   Chang, Ta Pang ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kang Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Costs; Dementia; Health economics; Health insurance; Health policy; Home care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033109097     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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