Training care givers of stroke patients: Economic evaluation

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7448, 2004, Pages 1102-1104

  Patel, Anita ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a   Evans, Andrew ^b   Perez, Inigo ^b   Kalra, Lalit ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOME NURSING; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 2342489870     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1102     Document Type: Article

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