Trade-off between formal and informal care in Europe;Trade-off entre cuidados formales e informales en Europa

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 115-124

  Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina ^a   Jiménez Martín, Sergi ^b,d,e   García Gómez, Pilar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

^e Foundation for Applied Economic Research FEDEA   (Spain)

Author keywords

European countries; Formal care; Informal care; Long term care; SHARE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84856428836     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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