Population ageing: The timebomb that isn't?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Spijker, Jeroen ^a,b   MacInnes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Center d'Estudis   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PENSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888231983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6598     Document Type: Article

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