Impact of the introduction of the social long-term care insurance in Germany on financial security assessment in case of long-term care need

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 626-643

  Zuchandke, Andy ^a   Reddemann, Sebastian ^a   Krummaker, Simone ^a   Von Der Schulenburg, J Matthias Graf ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; introduction; long term care insurance; risk perception; social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958154762     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2010.26     Document Type: Article

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