Use of health services and medicines amongst Australian war veterans: A comparison of young elderly, near centenarians and centenarians

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a   Kalisch, Lisa M ^a   Ramsay, Emmae N ^b   Ryan, Philip ^b   Gilbert, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 78049371001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-83     Document Type: Article

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