Institutional care for elders in rural China

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-239

  Wu, Bei ^a   Mao, Zongfu ^b   Xu, Qin ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Research Center on Aging   (China)

Author keywords

China; Elders; Institutional care; Policy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELDERLY POPULATION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLICY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 54049130116     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420801977632     Document Type: Article

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