Economic cost and quality of life of family caregivers of schizophrenic patients attending psychiatric hospitals in Ghana

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Opoku Boateng, Yaw Nyarko ^a,b   Kretchy, Irene A ^b   Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia ^b   Dwomoh, Duah ^b   Decker, Sybil ^c   Agyemang, Samuel Agyei ^b   Tozan, Yesim ^d   Aikins, Moses ^b   Nonvignon, Justice ^b  

^a National Health Insurance Authority   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c Pantang Psychiatric Hospital   (Ghana)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Economic burden; Ghana; Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037672405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2642-0     Document Type: Article

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