How to meet the challenge of ageing populations

BMJ

Volumn 343, Issue 7814, 2011, Pages

  Fahy, Nick ^a   McKee, Martin ^b   Busse, Reinhard ^c   Grundy, Emily ^b  

^a Nick Fahy Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WORK; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79960076303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d3815     Document Type: Editorial

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