Cost of Alzheimer's disease in a developing country setting

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 616-622

  Zencir, M ^a   Kuzu, N ^a   Beşer, Gördeles ^b   Ergin, A ^a   Catak B ^a   Sahiner T ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cost of illness; Developing countries; Economics; Medical

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 23644435158     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1332     Document Type: Article

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