Measuring the impact of caregiving on informal carers: a construct validation study of the CarerQol instrument.

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Published in Health Qual Life Outcomes on October 21, 2013

Authors

Renske J Hoefman1, Job van Exel, Werner B F Brouwer

Author Affiliations

1: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Health Policy and Management, P,O, Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. hoefman@bmg.eur.nl.

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