An Evaluation of Recent Old-Age Policy Innovations in South Korea

Research on Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 707-730

  Lee, Hee Seung ^a   Wolf, Douglas A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

international; long term care; social support; well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907194147     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027513519112     Document Type: Article

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