Frequency and gender differences in the use of professional home care in late life: findings from three German old-age cohorts

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of and the gender differences in the use of professional home care in Germany.Methods: We used harmonized data from three large cohort studies from Germany (“Healthy Aging: Gender-specific trajectories into the latest life”; AgeDifferent.de...

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Main Authors: Buczak-Stec, Elżbieta W. (Author) , Hajek, André (Author) , Pabst, Alexander (Author) , Brettschneider, Christian (Author) , van den Bussche, Hendrik (Author) , Wiese, Birgitt (Author) , Weyerer, Siegfried (Author) , Werle, Jochen (Author) , Hoell, Andreas (Author) , Pentzek, Michael (Author) , Fuchs, Angela (Author) , Luppa, Melanie (Author) , Löbner, Margit (Author) , Stein, Janine (Author) , Förster, Franziska (Author) , Weeg, Dagmar (Author) , Mösch, Edelgard (Author) , Heser, Kathrin (Author) , Scherer, Martin (Author) , Maier, Wolfgang (Author) , Angermeyer, Matthias C. (Author) , Wagner, Michael (Author) , Riedel-Heller, Steffi G. (Author) , König, Hans-Helmut (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 02 September 2022
In: Frontiers in medicine
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2022.924818
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.924818
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Author Notes:Elżbieta W. Buczak-Stec, André Hajek, Alexander Pabst, Christian Brettschneider, Hendrik van den Bussche, Birgitt Wiese, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Andreas Hoell, Michael Pentzek, Angela Fuchs, Melanie Luppa, Margit Löbner, Janine Stein, Franziska Förster, Dagmar Weeg, Edelgard Mösch, Kathrin Heser, Martin Scherer, Wolfgang Maier, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Michael Wagner, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller and Hans-Helmut König

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