Healthy ageing in rural Australia: Issues and challenges

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 56-60

  Davis, Sandra ^a   Bartlett, Helen ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthy ageing; Older people; Rural Australia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42449096374     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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