Longitudinal costs of caring for people with Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 847-856

  Gillespie, Paddy ^a   O'Shea, Eamon ^a   Cullinan, John ^a   Buchanan, Jacqui ^b   Bobula, Joel ^b   Lacey, Loretto ^b   Gallagher, Damien ^c   Mhaolain, Aine Ni ^c   Lawlor, Brian ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; costs; dependence; function; longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DEPENDENCE SCALE SCORE; DISABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84926408085     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214002063     Document Type: Article

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