Predictors of eligibility for long-term care funding for older people in Japan

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Moriya, Shingo ^a   Murata, Ayumi ^b   Kimura, Shinji ^c   Inoue, Nobuo ^b   Miura, Hiroko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Long term care; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879411540     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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