Patterns of long term care in 29 European countries: Evidence from an exploratory study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Damiani, Gianfranco ^a   Farelli, Valentina ^a   Anselmi, Angela ^a   Sicuro, Lorella ^a   Solipaca, Alessandro ^b   Burgio, Alessandra ^b   Iezzi, Domenica ^c   Ricciardi, Walter ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE;

EID: 81255166048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-316     Document Type: Article

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