In-depth descriptive analysis of trends in prevalence of long-term care in Japan

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 166-171

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Descriptive epidemiology; Health policy; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 55749093773     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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