Health and social service use among old people in the last 2 years of life

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-154

  Forma, Leena ^a   Rissanen, Pekka ^a   Noro, Anja ^b   Raitanen, Jani ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health and social care; Last years of life; Older people; Register study; Use of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548400428     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-007-0054-4     Document Type: Article

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