Family caregiving and all-cause mortality: Findings from a population-based propensity-matched analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1571-1578

  Roth, David L ^a   Haley, William E ^b   Hovater, Martha ^c   Perkins, Martinique ^c   Wadley, Virginia G ^c   Judd, Suzanne ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

CAREGIVING; COHORT STUDIES; MORTALITY; PROPENSITY SCORES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84890017363     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt225     Document Type: Article

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