Current and future worldwide prevalence of dependency, its relationship to total population, and dependency ratios

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-258

  Harwood, Rowan H ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^b   Hirschfeld, Miriam ^c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Chronic disease; Cost of illness; Dependency (Psychology); Disabled persons; Forecasting; Health services needs and demand; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCY; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAREGIVER; CHINA; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DISABLED PERSONS; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2342480348     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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