Unmet health care needs of older people: Prevalence and predictors in a French cross-sectional survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 808-813

  Herr, Marie ^a   Arvieu, Jean Jacques ^b   Aegerter, Philippe ^a   Robine, Jean Marie ^c   Ankri, Joël ^a  

^a Île de France Ouest University Paris   (France)

^b Prévoyance Individuelle et IARD ^*  (France)

^c EHESS Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84928482093     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt179     Document Type: Article

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