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A “three-legged stool” for financing long-term care in the United States

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This article, which is being published in 1996 inA Secure Old Age: Financing Long-Term Care, K. Wilber, E.L. Schneider, and W. Free (Eds.), appears here by permission of Springer Publishing Company, Inc., New York 10012.

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Chen, YP. A “three-legged stool” for financing long-term care in the United States. Ageing International 23, 53–65 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02680845

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