The economic costs of dementia in Korea, 2002

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 722-728

  Suh, Guk Hee ^a   Knapp, Martin ^b   Kang, Cheol Joong ^c  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burden; Community; Cost; Dementia; Full time care; Institution; Long term care; Society

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; KOREA; LONG TERM CARE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 33748320880     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1552     Document Type: Article

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