Long-term economic growth stimulus of human capital preservation in the elderly

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 21080-21085

  Manton, Kenneth G ^a   Gu, Xi Liang ^a   Ullian, Arthur ^b   Tolley, H Dennis ^c   Headen Jr , Alvin E ^d   Lowrimore, Gene ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b National Council of Spinal Cord Injury Association   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Health forecasts

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABOR; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75849162516     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911626106     Document Type: Article

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