Not all that glitters is gold: Long-term care reforms in the last two decades in Europe

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 270-285

  Ranci, Costanzo ^a   Pavolini, Emmanuele ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

care policy; elderly care; institutional change; Long term care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936886619     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928715588704     Document Type: Article

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