Choice and long-term care in OECD countries: Care outcomes, employment and fiscal sustainability

European Societies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-383

  Lundsgaard, Jens ^a  

^a OECD ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Care; Choice; OECD countries; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748356090     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690600821974     Document Type: Article

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