Incorporating carer effects into economic evaluation

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Dixon, Simon ^a   Walker, Mel ^b   Salek, Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; PATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32044448966     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200624010-00004     Document Type: Article

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