Give me a break!. Informal caregiver attitudes towards respite care

Health Policy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  van Exel, Job ^a   de Graaf, Gjalt ^b   Brouwer, Werner ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer perspective; Informal care; Mixed methods; Q methodology; Respite care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GENDER; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPITE CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; RESPITE CARE;

EID: 50149099954     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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