Informal dementia care: Consequences for caregivers' health and health care use in 8 European countries

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1459-1471

  Bremer, Patrick ^a   Cabrera, Esther ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^c   Lethin, Connie ^d   Saks, Kai ^e   Sutcliffe, Caroline ^f   Soto, Maria ^g   Zwakhalen, Sandra M G ^h   Wübker, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregivers' health; Dementia; Europe; Health care utilization; Informal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF EVALUATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84950992095     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.09.014     Document Type: Article

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