Caregiver Time and Cost of Home Care for Alzheimer's Disease: A Clinic-based Observational Study in Beijing, China

Ageing International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-165

  Wang, Huali ^a   Gao, Tianfei ^b   Wimo, Anders ^c   Yu, Xin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANDONG MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver time; Cost; Informal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956617907     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-010-9056-1     Document Type: Article

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