Cost of informal caregiving for patients with heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 142-148.e2

  Joo, Heesoo ^a   Fang, Jing ^a   Losby, Jan L ^a   Wang, Guijing ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAUCASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM PATIENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 84925884371     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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