(Cost)-effectiveness of case-management by district nurses among primary informal caregivers of older adults with dementia symptoms and the older adults who receive informal care: Design of a randomized controlled trial [ISCRTN83135728]

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jansen, Aaltje P D ^a,b   Van Hout, Hein P J ^a,b   Van Marwijk, Harm W J ^a,b   Nijpels, Giel ^a,b   De Bruijne, Martine C ^a,b   Bosmans, Judith E ^a,b   Pot, Anne Margriet ^a,b,c   Stalman, Wim A B ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING COMPETENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SYMPTOM; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 30944453180     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-133     Document Type: Article

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