Chronic health conditions: Changing prevalence in an aging population and some implications for the delivery of health care services

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Denton, Frank T ^a   Spencer, Byron G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging population; Chronic conditions; Health care resources

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953031804     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980809990390     Document Type: Article

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