Health status and work burden of Alzheimer patients' informal caregivers - Comparisons of five different care programs in the European Union

Health Policy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-233

  Colvez, Alain ^a   Joël, Marie Eve ^b   Ponton Sanchez, Alice ^a   Royer, Anne Charlotte ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Caregiver; Health status; Services; Work burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMOTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036226990     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(01)00215-9     Document Type: Article

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