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Research on the costs of long-term care for older people — current and emerging issues
Author(s)	Alison Bowes
Journal title	Social Policy & Society, vol 6, pt 3, July 2007
Pages	pp 447-459
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org
Keywords	Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Costs [care] ; Research Reviews.
Annotation	This review explores debates concerning the costs of long-term care for older people. It aims to give an overview of the recent and current research agenda in this area, and refers primarily to work published from 2000 to 2006. The focus of much work is on the identification of costs, their distribution, and the contents of policy and delivery of services in which these operate. Ongoing debate concerns future costs, their control and related issues of social justice and equity. A particular focus of recent work has been lessons internationally (e.g. cross-national surveys published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD) or from other countries. The most fruitful considerations to date have involved countries more similar in terms of economic development, and this review focuses on OECD countries. In low-income, less-developed economies, issues are significantly different. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070709010 A
Classmark	I: L: 4Q: QDC: 3A:6KC
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