Behavioral analysis of the choice of community-based formal home care, informal home care and nursing home care in Japan

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 600-632

  Yamada, Tetsuji ^a   Chen, Chia Ching ^b   Yamada, Tadashi ^c   Fahs, Marianne ^d   Fukawa, Tetsuo ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Formal informal home care; Japan; Nursing home care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750459373     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510101     Document Type: Article

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