Changing demographics of the american population

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Halaweish, Ihab ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Geriatric; United States

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BABY BOOMER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EMPHYSEMA; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILITY; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912138167     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2014.09.002     Document Type: Review

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