Health care delivery systems for older adults: How do the Netherlands and Lebanon compare?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1979-1985

  Hospers, Aaltje Paulien Nelian ^a   Chahine, Lama M ^b   Chemali, Zeina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care systems; Lebanon; Nursing homes; Older adults; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE;

AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEBANON; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LEBANON; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PENSIONS;

ASIA; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348887088     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.033     Document Type: Article

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