Care of the frail elderly in developed and developing countries: The experience and the challenges

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Brodsky, Jenny ^a   Habib, Jack ^a   Hirschfeld, Miriam ^b   Siegel, Ben ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disabled elderly; Elderly in developing countries; Frail elderly; Health care in developing countries; Long term care; Systems of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; SWEDEN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE;

EID: 0036703119     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324451     Document Type: Article

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