Dementia severity and the longitudinal costs of informal care in the Cache County population

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 946-954

  Rattinger, Gail B ^a   Schwartz, Sarah ^b   Mullins, C Daniel ^c   Corcoran, Chris ^b   Zuckerman, Ilene H ^c   Sanders, Chelsea ^b   Norton, Maria C ^b   Fauth, Elizabeth B ^b   Leoutsakos, Jeannie Marie S ^d   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^d   Tschanz, JoAnn T ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease costs; Costs; Dementia longitudinal costs; Longitudinal caregiving costs; Longitudinal informal dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL INFORMAL CARE COST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAREGIVER; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939270342     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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