Family care for demented elderly individuals: Cost analysis;Avaliação dos gastos com o cuidado do idoso com demência

Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-12

  Veras, Renato Peixoto ^a,b,f   Caldas, Célia Pereira ^a,b   Dantas, Sérgio Baptista ^a   Sancho, Leyla Gomes ^a   Sicsú, Bernardo ^c   Da Motta, Luciana Branco ^d   Cardinale, Carlos ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade (UnATI)   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UnATI   (Brazil)

^e UnATI ^*

^f UnATI/UERJ ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Expenses; Family care; Health economics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; INCOME; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34248330391     PISSN: 01016083     EISSN: 1806938X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-60832007000100001     Document Type: Article

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