Moving in and out of public old age care among the very old in Sweden

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-145

  Hallberg, Daniel ^a   Lagergren, Mårten ^b  

^a Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mortality; Old age care; Transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649363914     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-009-0111-2     Document Type: Article

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