Searching for a balance of responsibilities: OECD countries' changing elderly assistance policies

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 397-412

  Swartz, Katherine ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Insurance; Long term care; Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; WELFARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875424122     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114505     Document Type: Review

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