Going formal or informal, who cares? the influence of public long-term care insurance

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 631-643

  Bakx, Pieter ^a   De Meijer, Claudine ^a   Schut, Frederik ^a   Van Doorslaer, Eddy ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decomposition; informal care; international comparison; long term care; SHARE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; AGED; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; COST SHARING; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84927784358     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3050     Document Type: Article

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