Incorporating Caregiver and Family Effects in Economic Evaluations of Child Health

Economic Evaluation in Child Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brouwer, Werner B F ^a   N J A , Van Exel ^a   Mick Tilford, J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Costs; Family effects; Informal care; Quality of life; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922015465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547494.003.03     Document Type: Chapter

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