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SES, Physical Health, and Long-Term Care Needs

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Good physical health directly contributes to reducing long-term care (LTC) needs among Japanese elderly. In addition, efforts to increase income and educational levels may help to decrease LTC needs by indirectly improving physical health.

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Acknowledgements

We express special gratitude to all of the participants in Tama City, Tokyo. The study was funded by a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H10-Health-042), and a Grant in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (No.1531012 and 14350327). We are also grateful for financial support from the National Social Science Foundation of China (Grand No. 15CRK014) “Community health services demand and its realization of the elderly”.

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    Sayuri Kodama

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Yang, S. (2018). SES, Physical Health, and Long-Term Care Needs. In: Hoshi, T., Kodama, S. (eds) The Structure of Healthy Life Determinants. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6629-0_3

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