Time-bound opportunity costs of informal care: Consequences for access to professional care, caregiver support, and labour supply estimates

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1508-1516

  Hassink, Wolter H J ^a   Van den Berg, Bernard ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Informal care; Joint production; Labour supply; Opportunity cost; Paid work; The Netherlands; Use of time

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; LABOR SUPPLY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMAL CARE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OPPORTUNITY COST; PATIENT CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80955130780     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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