Association between illness progression measures and total cost in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 745-750

  Lacey, Loretto A ^a   Niecko, T ^b   Leibman, C ^c   Liu, E ^c   Grundman, M ^d  

^a Lacey Solutions Ltd   (Ireland)

^b Niecko Health Economics LLC ^*  (United States)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^d 3 DT Holdings   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; behaviour; cognition; dependence; function; longitudinal; total care cost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84887996512     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0368-1     Document Type: Article

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