Health-care use and cost in dementia caregivers: Longitudinal results from the Predictors Caregiver Study

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 444-454

  Zhu, Carolyn W ^a   Scarmeas, Nikolaos ^b,c   Ornstein, Katherine ^a   Albert, Marilyn ^d   Brandt, Jason ^d,e   Blacker, Deborah ^f   Sano, Mary ^a,g   Stern, Yaakov ^b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Cost; Dementia; Longitudinal study; Medical care

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927173767     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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