Willingness to pay for longterm care insurance system in a municipality in Tokyo

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-108

  Kitajima, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Longterm care insurance system; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SEX FACTORS; TOKYO;

EID: 0033302419     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053959901100209     Document Type: Article

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