Can the government incentivize the purchase of private long-term care insurance? Evidence from the Partnership for Long-Term Care

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 541-544

  Greenhalgh Stanley, Nadia ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

financial planning horizon; long term care insurance; Partnership for Long Term Care; risk aversion

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 84895761877     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.872756     Document Type: Article

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