Framing the issue of ageing and health care spending in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 313-328

  Gusmano, Michael K ^a   Allin, Sara ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AGED; BIBLIOMETRICS; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; INSURANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICARE; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGED; AGING; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICARE; NEWSPAPERS; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84902175503     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133114000115     Document Type: Article

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