Age as a criterion for setting priorities in health care? a survey of the german public view

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Diederich, Adele ^a   Winkelhage, Jeannette ^a   Wirsik, Norman ^a,b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052318137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023930     Document Type: Article

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