Designing fit for purpose health and social services for ageing populations

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Disability; Frailty; Integrated care; Intrinsic capacity

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FRAILTY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 85018255348     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14050457     Document Type: Article

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