Old age security in rural China: There is a long way to go

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4348-4353

  Dai, Bao Zhen ^a   Zhou, Lu Lin ^a   Mei, Y John ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Old age security; Rural elderly

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CHINA; CULTURAL VALUE; ELDERLY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; PENSION; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLD AGE ASSISTANCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84887599909     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130134     Document Type: Review

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