Housing wealth as self-insurance for long-term care

Financing Long-Term Care in Europe: Institutions, Markets and Models

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-90

  Laferrère, Anne ^a  

^a CREST   (France)

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EID: 84875467677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230349193_5     Document Type: Chapter

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