Simulating the impact of long-term care policy on family eldercare hours

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART2, 2013, Pages 773-791

  Ansah, John P ^a   Matchar, David B ^a,b   Love, Sean R ^a   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Do, Young Kyung ^a   Chan, Angelique ^a,c   Eberlein, Robert ^a  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging elderly geriatrics; disability; geriatrics; health policy politics law regulation; long term care: home care nursing homes; medical decision making; modeling: multilevel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SIMULATION; SINGAPORE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875056354     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12030     Document Type: Article

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