Japan's radical reform of long-term care

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-34

  Campbell, John Creighton ^a   Ikegami, Naoki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Long term care insurance; Social policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

JAPAN;

EID: 0037294524     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00321     Document Type: Article

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