Equity of access to long-term care among the American elderly

Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-130

  Park, Ju Moon ^a  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

American health care system; Equity of access; Health insurance; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038689420     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02956148     Document Type: Article

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