Health care for older people in Ireland

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1280-1286

  O'Neill, Desmond ^a   O'Keeffe, Shaun ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aged; Geriatrics; Health services; Ireland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; IRELAND; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0041331581     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51414.x     Document Type: Review

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