Health care for older persons in Colombia: A country profile

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1692-1696

  Gómez, Fernando ^a   Curcio, Carmen Lucía ^b   Duque, Gustavo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Elderly; Geriatrics; Law 100; Rural elderly

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIA; ELDERLY CARE; GERONTOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LAW; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOMBIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 69549088286     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02341.x     Document Type: Review

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