Exploring the relationship between Alzheimer's disease severity and longitudinal costs

Value in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-419

  Rapp, Thomas ^a   Andrieu, Sandrine ^b   Molinier, Laurent ^b   Grand, Alain ^b   Cantet, Christelle ^b   Mullins, C Daniel ^c   Vellas, Bruno ^b  

^a et Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; community dwelling; cost; endogeneity; severity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84861150061     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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