Costs of Caring for adults with long-term neurological conditions

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 653-661

  Jackson, Diana ^a   McCrone, Paul ^a   Turner Stokes, Lynne ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family carers; Healthcare costs; Long term neurological conditions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880302578     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1178     Document Type: Article

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