Evaluation of full costs of care for patients with Alzheimer's disease in France: The predominant role of informal care

Health Policy

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-122

  Gervès, Chloé ^a,b   Chauvin, Pauline ^c   Bellanger, Martine Marie ^a  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b Île de France Ouest University Paris   (France)

^c et Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Formal care; France; Informal care; Opportunity cost method; Proxy good method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON MEDICAL CARE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPITE CARE; ECONOMICS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84898905802     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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