Health-related quality of life and long-term care needs among elderly individuals living alone: A cross-sectional study in rural areas of Shaanxi Province, China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Ning ^a,b   Zeng, Lingxia ^a   Li, Zhe ^c   Wang, Jue ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center of Health Care and Medical Devices   (China)

^c China Telecom   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly subjects living alone; Health related quality of life; Long term care; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84875859508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-313     Document Type: Article

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