Health and social care costs of managing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): An Irish perspective

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 58-62

  Connolly, Sheelah ^a   Heslin, Chloe ^a   Mays, Iain ^a   Corr, Bernie ^b   Normand, Charles ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ALS; Cost; Health services; Ireland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; IRISH (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CARE; SURVIVAL TIME; TECHNICAL AID; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84925623430     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2014.957322     Document Type: Article

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