Population ageing in Lebanon: Current status, future prospects and implications for policy

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Sibai, Abla Mehio ^a   Sen, Kasturi ^b   Baydoun, May ^a   Saxena, Prem ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Censuses; Forecasting, Socioeconomic factors; Health care reform; Health policy; Health services for the aged; Health surveys; Lebanon; Population dynamics; Social security

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AGING; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; LEBANON; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1942520319     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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