Older people's views of prioritization in health care

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 402-411

  Werntoft, Elisabet ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a,b   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Vardal Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Health care; Health related quality of life (HRQoL); Older people; Prioritization; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; WELLBEING; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644836187     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324630     Document Type: Article

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