Health care for the elderly: Two cases of technology diffusion

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-64

  Dozet, Alexander ^a   Lyttkens, Carl Hampus ^a   Nystedt, Paul ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Diffusion; Medical technology

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIALYSIS; DIFFUSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; UREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGISTRIES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 0036131591     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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