The opportunity costs of informal elder-care in the United States: New estimates from the American Time Use Survey

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 871-882

  Chari, Amalavoyal V ^a   Engberg, John ^b   Ray, Kristin N ^c   Mehrotra, Ateev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

elder care; Informal caregiving; opportunity cost

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929709009     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12238     Document Type: Article

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