Long-term care needs of the elderly in Korea and elderly long-term care insurance

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-184

  Kim, Suk Hee ^a   Kim, Deok Hwan ^b   Kim, Woong Soo ^b  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hanil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Health care; Korea National Health Insurance; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH;

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KOREA; LONG TERM CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; KOREA; LONG-TERM CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

KOREA;

EID: 77951239221     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910903116979     Document Type: Article

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