Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 159-163 , September 2010

Dementia care costs and the patient's quality of life (QoL) in Taiwan: Home versus institutional care services

  • Yu-Chun Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, No. 155, Section 2, Li-Nong Street, Taipei, 11221, Taiwan
    • Institute of Health Policy and Management, National Taiwan University, No. 17, Hsu-Chow Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chung-Fu Lan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Policy and Management, National Taiwan University, No. 17, Hsu-Chow Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan
    • Research Center of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, No. 155, Section 2, Li-Nong Street, Taipei, 11221, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Health Policy and Management, National Taiwan University, No. 17, Hsu-Chow Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2826 7051; fax: +886 2 2827 3673.
    • ,
  • Liang-Kung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, No. 115, Li-Nong Street, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Virginia M. Lan

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Eastern Michigan University, 341 Marshall Building, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 22 September 2009 ,Accepted 1 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.10.001

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 159-163 , September 2010

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