National estimates of the quantity and cost of informal caregiving for the elderly with dementia

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 770-778

  Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b,c   Chernew, Michael E ^b,c   Kabeto, Mohammed U ^c   Herzog, A Regula ^c   Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^c   Willis, Robert J ^c   Wallace, Robert B ^d   Mucha, Lisa M ^e   Straus, Walter L ^e   Fendrick, A Mark ^b,c  

^a VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Chronic disease; Dementia; Health economics; Informal caregiving

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; WORKING TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035724698     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.10123.x     Document Type: Article

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