Social-economic costs and quality of life of Alzheimer disease in the Canary Islands, Spain

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2186-2191

  Lopez Bastida, Julio ^a,b,e   Serrano Aguilar, Pedro ^a   Perestelo Perez, Lilisbeth ^a   Oliva Moreno, Juan ^c,d  

^a Canary Health Service   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Foundation for Applied Economic Research FEDEA   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; THERMOMETER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33845962189     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000249311.80411.93     Document Type: Article

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