Does country influence the health burden of informal care? An international comparison between Belgium and Great Britain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1123-1132

  Dujardin, Claire ^a   Farfan Portet, Maria Isabel ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Popham, Frank ^c   Thomas, Isabelle ^a   Lorant, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area; Belgium; Great Britain; Informal care; International; Methodology; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CAREGIVERS; CENSUSES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BELGIUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053333352     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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