Providing care for an elderly parent: Interactions among siblings?

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1011-1029

  Fontaine, Roméo ^a   Gramain, Agnès ^b   Wittwer, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Discrete game model; Informal care; Long term care; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SIBLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349206191     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1533     Document Type: Article

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