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Social capital and refraining from medical care among elderly people in Japan

BACKGROUND: Refraining from required medical care can worsen health, particularly for the elderly, and increase public medical expenditure, which destabilizes the financial aspect of social security. Social capital, such as trust between residents and the norms of reciprocity in the community, is a...

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Autor principal: Mizuochi, Masaaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4970323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27484252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1599-8