Costs of caring for adults with long-term neurological conditions
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Costs of caring for adults with long-term neurological conditions.
OBJECTIVES To estimate and compare the costs of informal and formal care provided to adults with long term neurological conditions and to identify characteristics associated with these costs. DESIGN Cross-sectional postal questionnaire survey. PARTICIPANTS Family carers of 282 adults with sudden onset, progressive and stable/intermittent conditions were recruited through UK-wide voluntary o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1650-1977
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1178