<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhu, Carolyn W</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Scarmeas, Nikolaos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ornstein, Katherine</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Albert, Marilyn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brandt, Jason</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blacker, Deborah</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sano, Mary</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stern, Yaakov</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health-care use and cost in dementia caregivers: Longitudinal results from the Predictors Caregiver Study.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimers Dement</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimers Dement</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014 Mar 15</style></date></pub-dates></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ENG</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of caregiver and patient characteristics on caregivers' medical care use and cost.

METHODS: One hundred forty-seven caregiver/patient dyads were followed annually for 6 years in three academic Alzheimer's disease centers in the United States. Logistic, negative binomial, and generalized linear mixed models were used to examine overall effects of caregiver/patient characteristics on caregivers' hospitalizations, doctor visits, outpatient tests and procedures, and prescription and over-the-counter medications.

RESULTS: Patients' comorbid conditions and dependence were associated with increased health-care use and costs of caregivers. Increases in caregiver depressive symptoms are associated with increases in multiple domains of caregivers' health-care use and costs.

DISCUSSION: Findings suggest expanding our focus on dementia patients to include family caregivers to obtain a fuller picture of effects of caregiving. Primary care providers should integrate caregivers' needs in health-care planning and delivery. Clinical interventions that treat patients and caregivers as a whole will likely achieve the greatest beneficial effects.</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24637299?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>