Long-term care in developed countries and recommendations for Slovak Republic

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Ležovič, Mário ^a   Raučinová, Miroslava ^a   Kováč, Andrej ^a   Moricová, Štefánia ^a   Kováč, Roman ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ageing population; elderly; Health care; Health services; Long term care; Social care

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749115514     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3436     Document Type: Article

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