Aging risk and health care expenditure in Korea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3235-3254

  Tchoe, Byongho ^a   Nam, Sang Ho ^b  

^a Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^b Korea Inst Hlth and Social Aff   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age expenditure profile; Components decomposition; Health care expenditure; Panel regression; Population aging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649542807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7083235     Document Type: Article

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