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Using U.S. Medicare records to evaluate the indirect health effects on spouses: a case study in Alzheimer’s disease patients

BACKGROUND: The burden experienced by spouses of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may have negative consequences for their physical health. We describe here a method for analyzing United States Medicare records to determine the changes in health service use and costs experienced by spouses aft...

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Autores principales: Gilden, Daniel M, Kubisiak, Joanna M, Kahle-Wrobleski, Kristin, Ball, Daniel E, Bowman, Lee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25001114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-291