Factors associated with hiring a foreign care aide among home-dwelling elderly

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-43

  Chen, Liang Ju ^a   Wu, Shwu Chong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Elderly; Foreign care aide; Long term care services utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649120799     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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