Implications of long-term care capacity response policies for an aging population: A simulation analysis

Health Policy

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-113

  Ansah, John P ^a   Eberlein, Robert L ^a   Love, Sean R ^a   Bautista, Mary Ann ^a   Thompson, James P ^b   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Matchar, David B ^a,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine 3703 Duke University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Long term care; Policy; Simulation; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; POPULATION; STEADY STATE; WORKLOAD; AGE; CAPACITY BUILDING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84898837401     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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