Long-term care-service use and increases in care-need level among home-based elderly people in a Japanese urban area

Soichi Koike and Yuji Furui

Health Policy, 2013, vol. 110, issue 1, 94-100

Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the effects of home-based long-term care insurance services on an increase in care need levels and discuss its policy implications.

Keywords: Long-term care insurance; Quality and effect of care; Home-based care service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.12.011

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