An industry in the making: The emergence of institutional elder care in Urban China

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 738-744

  Feng, Zhanlian ^a,d   Zhan, Heying Jenny ^a   Feng, Xiaotian ^b   Liu, Chang ^c   Sun, Mingyue ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; China; long term care; non government ownership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ELDER CARE HOME; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79954694994     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03330.x     Document Type: Article

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