Primary care in an aging society: Building and testing a microsimulation model for policy purposes

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-36

  Pearson, Janet ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^a   Davis, Peter ^a   O'Sullivan, David ^a   von Randow, Martin ^a   Kerse, Ngaire ^a   Pradhan, Sanat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

demographic ageing; health care; microsimulation; policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650793706     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439310370087     Document Type: Article

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