Favourable changes in economic well-being and self-rated health among the elderly

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1228-1235

  Brenes Camacho, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Quasi experiment; Self rated health; Socio economic status; The elderly; Transfers

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PENSION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 79954867597     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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