Cost of informal caregiving associated with stroke among the elderly in the United States

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1831-1837

  Joo, Heesoo ^a   Dunet, Diane O ^a   Fang, Jing ^a   Wang, Guijing ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMAL CAREGIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; AGING; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925283408     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000986     Document Type: Article

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