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Changes in Health Care Expenditure after the Loss of a Spouse: Data on 6,487 Older Widows and Widowers in the Netherlands

BACKGROUND: In ageing populations, informal care holds great potential to limit rising health care expenditure. The majority of informal care is delivered by spouses. The loss of informal care due to the death of the spouse could therefore increase expenditure levels for formal care. OBJECTIVE: To i...

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Autores principales: Rolden, Herbert J. A., van Bodegom, David, Westendorp, Rudi G. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25536040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115478