Relationship of health services to medical expenses for the National Health Insurance and certification rate for long-term care insurance services in municipalities

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-142

  Hioki, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a Gifu Prefectural Gifu Region Public Health Center   (Japan)

^b Gifu Prefectural Gifu Region Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Health examination; Health service; Long term care service; Medical expense

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036511137     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.12.136     Document Type: Article

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