What happened to the care of older persons in Sweden? A retrospective analysis based upon simulation model calculations, 1985-2000

Health Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-324

  Lagergren, Marten ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Modeling; Policy development

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 26844545937     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.01.022     Document Type: Article

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