A national profile of end-of-life caregiving in the United States

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1184-1192

  Ornstein, Katherine A ^a   Kelley, Amy S ^a   Bollens Lund, Evan ^a   Wolff, Jennifer L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021806160     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0134     Document Type: Article

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