Impact of Older Adults' Internet Use on Economic Burden of Informal Caregiving.
This study examines the impact of older adults' Internet use on care hours and its influence on estimating national cost savings with active and potential Internet users. Using data from the 2015 National Health and Aging Trends Study (n = 1,806), we employed a survey weighted two-part model with ga...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Gerontology Vol. 44; no. 10; pp. 1584 - 1595 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2025
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