Family caregiver burden in the context of the Long-Term Care Insurance System

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 139-142

  Arai, Yumiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Japan; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS; JAPAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 16544391100     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.14.139     Document Type: Article

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