Mass evacuation and increases in long-term care benefits: Lessons from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

BACKGROUND:Though mass evacuation may increase the need for long-term care (LTC) services, how the need for LTC services increases and how the public LTC system affects it is not well understood. We evaluated changes in public LTC benefits for the people living in the mandatory evacuation areas esta...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Morita, Michihito Ando, Yui Ohtsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218835