Why don't people buy long-term-care insurance?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Cramer, Anne Theisen ^a   Jensen, Gail A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT;

EID: 33746379297     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.4.S185     Document Type: Article

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