Patterns of long-term care services use in a suburban municipality of Japan: a population-based study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 753-759

  Igarashi, Ayumi ^a   Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^a   Yoshie, Satoru ^b   Iijima, Katsuya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; health science; home care; long term care insurance; service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBURBAN AREA; AGED; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; LONG TERM CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84973573746     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12781     Document Type: Article

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