Considering long-term care insurance for middle-income countries: Comparing South Korea with Japan and Germany

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1319-1329

  Rhee, Jong Chul ^a,b   Done, Nicolae ^b   Anderson, Gerard F ^b  

^a Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing; Germany; Japan; Long term care insurance; South Korea

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE; REVIEW; SOUTH KOREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TRENDS;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 84943819059     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.06.001     Document Type: Review

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