Does availability of informal care within the household impact hospitalisation?

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-93

  Weaver, France M ^a   Weaver, Bryce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890824332     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133113000169     Document Type: Article

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