Morbidity and health care utilisation among elderly people in Mmankgodi village, Botswana

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-63

  Clausen, Fredrik ^a   Sandberg, Edwin ^a   Ingstad, Benedicte ^a   Hjortdahl, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID;

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; SERVICE PROVISION;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOTSWANA; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING TEST; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VISION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOTSWANA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0033988531     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.1.58     Document Type: Article

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