A national survey of health-service use in Thai elders

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-72

  Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a   Na Songkhla, Mongkol ^b   Chayovan, Napaporn ^a   Chirawatkul, Aroon ^b   Choprapawon, Chanpen ^b   Kachondham, Yongyout ^b   Buasai, Supakorn ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caregivers; Elderly; Thailand; Use of health services

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; THAILAND;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; THAILAND;

EID: 0033004126     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.1.67     Document Type: Article

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