Caregiver burden, health utilities, and institutional service costs among community-dwelling patients with Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-389

  Miller, Edward Alan ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b,d   Schneider, Lon S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Caregiver burden; Correlates; Costs; Health utilities index; Institutions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651400029     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181eb2f2e     Document Type: Article

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