Cost of Informal Caregiving Associated with Stroke among Elderly in the United States
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Help
Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Help
Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

i

Cost of Informal Caregiving Associated with Stroke among Elderly in the United States

Filetype[PDF-637.49 KB]


  • English
    • Details Supporting Files You May Also Like

    Details:

    • Alternative Title:
      Neurology
    • Personal Author:
    • Description:
      Objectives

      We estimated the informal caregiving hours and costs associated with stroke.

      Methods

      We selected persons aged 65 and older in 2006 and who were also included in the 2008 follow-up survey from the Health and Retirement Study. We adapted the case-control study design by using self-reported occurrence of an initial stroke event during 2006 and 2008 to classify persons into the stroke (case) and the non-stroke (control) groups. We compared informal caregiving hours between case and control groups in 2006 (pre-stroke period for case group) and in 2008 (post-stroke period for case group) and estimated incremental informal caregiving hours attributable to stroke by applying a difference-in-differences technique to propensity-score matched populations. We used a replacement approach to estimate the economic value of informal caregiving.

      Results

      The weekly incremental informal caregiving hours attributable to stroke were 8.5 hours per patient. The economic value of informal caregiving per stroke survivor was $8,211 per year, of which $4,356 (53%) was attributable to stroke. At the national level, the annual economic burden of informal caregiving associated with stroke among elderly was estimated at $14.2 billion in 2008.

      Conclusions

      Recent changes in public health and social support policies recognize the economic burden of informal caregiving. Our estimates reinforce the high economic burden of stroke in the US and provide up-to-date information for policy development and decision-making.

    • Subjects:
    • Source:
      Neurology. 83(20):1831-1837.
    • Pubmed ID:
      25305152
    • Pubmed Central ID:
      PMC4365923
    • Document Type:
      Journal Article
    • Funding:
      CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
    • Place as Subject:
      United States
    • Collection(s):
    • Main Document Checksum:
    • Download URL:
    • File Type:

    You May Also Like

    Checkout today's featured content at stacks.cdc.gov