Influence of different health-care systems on health of older adults: A comparison of Hong Kong, Beijing urban and rural cohorts aged 70 years and older

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Woo, Jean ^a,d   Zhang, Xin Hua ^b   Ho, Suzanne ^b   Sham, Aprille ^b   Tang, Zhe ^c   Fang, Xiang Hua ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Chinese; Elderly; Health status; Healthcare systems

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42449110326     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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