Health-related quality of life and beneficiaries of long-term care insurance in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Imai, Hirohisa ^a   Fujii, Yoshinori ^b   Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Nakao, Hiroyuki ^a   Yahata, Yuichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Insurance; Long term care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38749139216     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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