Burden on family carers and care-related financial strain at the end of life: A cross-national population-based study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 819-826

  Pivodic, Lara ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Pardon, Koen ^a   Miccinesi, Guido ^b   Alonso, Tomás Vega ^c   Boffin, Nicole ^d   Donker, Gé A ^e   Cancian, Maurizio ^f   López Maside, Aurora ^g   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^h   Deliens, Luc ^a,h   Zeger, De Groote ^a   Sarah, Brearley ^h   Augusto, Caraceni ⁱ   Joachim, Cohen ^j   Anneke, Francke ^k   Richard, Harding ^k,l   Higginson Irene, J ^k,l   Stein, Kaasa ^m   Karen, Linden ⁿ   Roeline, Pasman ^o   Sophie, Pautex ^p   Sheila, Payne ^q   more..

^a FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^b ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

^c Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f SIMG   (Italy)

^g Public Health General Dirctort   (Spain)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j Cicely Saunders International   (United Kingdom)

^k LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^m EAPC Research Network   (Norway)

ⁿ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^o CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^p European Union   (Belgium)

^q Springer Science and Business Media   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928468771     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku026     Document Type: Article

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