## Background: Alzheimer's disease (ad), the most common cause of dementia, is a major cause of disability and care burden in the elderly. this study aims to estimate the costs of formal and informal care and identity determinants of care costs. ## Materials and methods: Two hundred and seventy-t
Evaluation of full costs of care for patients with Alzheimer's disease in France: The predominant role of informal care
✍ Scribed by Gervès, Chloé; Chauvin, Pauline; Bellanger, Martine Marie
- Book ID
- 123129562
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 197 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8510
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