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Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-292

  Crotty, Maria ^a   Ratcliffe, Julie ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FUNDING; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 79955451690     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr035     Document Type: Editorial

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