Is there a wealth dividend of aging societies?

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-400

  Suhrcke, Marc ^a,b   Fumagalli, Elena ^a   Hancock, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Healthcare; Labour; Retirement; Wealth

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ATTITUDE TO AGING; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 84862227266     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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