Who is willing to pay for long-term care insurance in Catalonia?

Health Policy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-84

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Rovira Forns, Joan ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Long term care; Long term care insurance; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SPAIN;

EID: 39749166253     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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