Women's health priorities and perceptions of care: A survey to identify opportunities for improving preventative health care delivery for older women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 626-635

  Tannenbaum, Cara ^a   Mayo, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Health services; Healthy ageing; Priorities; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROBABILITY; QUEBEC; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0344897693     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afg119     Document Type: Article

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