Ageing in Portugal: Regional iniquities in health and health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1025-1036

  Santana, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Access; Ageing population; Health; Health care; Portuguese National Health Service

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN;

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0033967702     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00352-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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