Japan's aging population. Implications for healthcare

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 306-318

  Oliver, Adam James ^a   Ikegami, Naoki ^a   Ikeda, Shunya ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030893509     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199711040-00002     Document Type: Review

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