Long-term care in developing countries
Subtitle: ten case-studies
By: [editors, J. Brodsky, J. Habib, M. Hirschfeld].
Contributors: Brodsky, Jenny.; Habib, Jack.; Hirschfeld, Miriam.; World Health Organization.; Mekhon Bruḳdail le-geronṭologyah ṿe-hitpatḥut adam ṿe-ḥevrah be-Yiśraʼel.; WHO Collaborating Centre for Health and Long-Term Care Policy and Research.
Series: World Health Organization collection on long-term care
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: Long-term care of the sick -- Developing countries -- Case studies.; Long-term care facilities -- Developing countries -- Administration -- Case studies.; Long-Term Care -- organization & administration.; Long-Term Care -- statistics & numerical data.; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated.; Health Policy.; Caregivers.; Developing Countries -- statistics & numerical data.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: Contains case studies on the key policy issues, emerging needs and resources for long-term care in the following ten developing countries: China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Ukraine. Each case study has been prepared by health systems/long-term care experts from that country, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the JDC-Brookdale Institute, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health and Long-Term Care Policy and Research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to case-studies / Jenny Brodsky ... [et al.]; title: Case-study: China / Fu Hua, Xue Di; title: Case study: Costa Rica / Paola Zuñiga, Felicia Knaul, Gustavo Nigenda; title: Case-study: Indonesia / Agus Suwandono, Alwi Qomariah, Suhardi; title: Case-study: Lebanon / Nabil M. Kronfol; title: Case-study: Lithuania / Aleksandras Krisciunas; title: Case-study: Mexico / Felicia Knaul ... [et al.]; title: Case-study: Republic of Korea / Chung Yul Lee, Euisook Kim; title: Case-study: Sri Lanka / Palitha Abeykoon; title: Case-study: Thailand / Somsak Chunharas, Kanittha Boonthamcharoen; title: Case-study: Ukraine / Vladislav V. Bezrukov; title: Conclusion to case-studies / Jenny Brodsky ... [et al.].