Exploring resource use and associated costs in end-of-life care for older people with dementia in residential care homes

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 758-766

  Amador, Sarah ^a   Goodman, Claire ^a   King, Derek ^b   Ng, Yi Ting ^b   Elmore, Natasha ^c   Mathie, Elspeth ^a   Machen, Ina ^a   Knapp, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Care homes; Costing; Dementia; End of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84902288195     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4061     Document Type: Article

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