Estimating the economic and social costs of dementia in Ireland

Dementia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-22

  Connolly, Sheelah ^a   Gillespie, Paddy ^a   O'Shea, Eamon ^a   Cahill, Suzanne ^b   Pierce, Maria ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cost; dementia; informal care; Ireland

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMAL CARE; IRELAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

COST; DEMENTIA; INFORMAL CARE; IRELAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IRELAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84890939418     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301212442453     Document Type: Article

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