The behavioral intention of people over age 45 towards hospice care...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose According to National Health Insurance statistics, 30% of medical spending was used on patients for futile medical care. In order to decrease medical spending and keep the medical care system sustainable, promoting hospice care is an urgent task. The purpose of this study was to use the theo...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 248 - 249 |
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