• DocumentCode
    3327423
  • Title

    Research on the constitution and influential factors of the care cost for the elderly in Chinese town

  • Author

    Lv Jin ; Chen Lin-xia ; Lv Jin-cao ; Luan Yan

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Changchun Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Changchun
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    10-12 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1817
  • Lastpage
    1825
  • Abstract
    The elder people are the disadvantaged groups in the society, so the care cost is the main factor to solve the problem of taking care of the elder people. This article takes the concept of care cost as a starting point in consideration and analyzes the structure and developing trend of the agedness care cost in Chinese town, basing on the study of care cost constitution with questionnaires. The DEMATEL economic statistics model is adopted to make the measurement for the influential factors of care cost. The result shows that the most influential factors should be income, sex and career. Based on the analysis, the advices are given in order to implement the elder security system and promote the coordinated development of the economy and society.
  • Keywords
    costing; economics; geriatrics; health care; Chinese town; DEMATEL economic statistics model; care cost; constitution factor; economy; elder people; elder security system; influential factor; Aging; Cities and towns; Conference management; Constitution; Costs; Heating; Medical services; Pensions; Senior citizens; Technology management; The elderly; care cost; constitution; influential factors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management Science and Engineering, 2008. ICMSE 2008. 15th Annual Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2387-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2388-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMSE.2008.4669152
  • Filename
    4669152