Help wanted? Fair and sustainable financing of long-term care services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 316-332

  Colombo, Francesca ^a   Mercier, Jérôme ^a  

^a Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)   (France)

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EID: 84861214299     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/pps005     Document Type: Article

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