Estimating the quantity and economic value of family caregiving for community-dwelling older persons in the last year of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1654-1659

  Rhee, Yongjoo ^a   Degenholtz, Howard B ^b   Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^c   Emanuel, Linda L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic value of caregiving; End of life; HRS study; Informal care use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COST CONTROL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549128095     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02390.x     Document Type: Article

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