Barriers to and opportunities for private long-term care insurance in England: What can we learn from other countries?

The LSE Companion to Health Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 258-279

  Comas Herrera, Adelina ^a   Butterfield, Rebecca ^a   Fernández, José Luis ^a   Wittenberg, Raphael ^a   Wiener, Joshua M ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 84881822182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781004241.00026     Document Type: Chapter

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