Who will pay for long-term care in the UK? Projections linking macro- and micro-simulation models

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-426

  Hancock, Ruth ^a   Comas Herrera, Adelina ^b   Wittenberg, Raphael ^b   Pickard, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442701647     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2003.tb00089.x     Document Type: Review

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