Getting ready for the 21st century: The aging of America and the older Americans act

Health and Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-238

  Takamura, Jeanette C ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033174302     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/24.3.232     Document Type: Article

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