Health care prioritization in ageing societies: Influence of age, education, health literacy and culture

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 219-233

  Mak, Benise ^a   Woo, Jean ^a,b   Bowling, Ann ^c   Wong, Florens ^b   Chau, Pui Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Healthcare services; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRIORITIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954794915     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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