Impact of long-term care insurance on institutional dementia care in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-333

  Ito, Hiroto ^a   Miyamoto, Yuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Financial incentives; Insurance; Mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HOSPITAL; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037740929     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00181-1     Document Type: Article

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