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- Title
Meeting the Health Care Needs of Aging Societies.
- Authors
ROWE, JOHN W.; FRIED, LINDA P.
- Abstract
The article addresses the challenges of the aging societies' health care needs. Topics discussed include the demographic trends affecting countries and other trends impacting the health care demand common to many countries, common themes in ensuring the health of elderly including emergence of chronic noncommunicable diseases, shortfalls in health care workforce, and disparities between socioeconomic subgroup, and recommendations for policy makers to address theses health care challenges.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care for older people; MEDICAL needs assessment; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics; HEALTH of older people; NON-communicable diseases; MEDICAL personnel supply &; demand; HEALTH equity; HEALTH policy
- Publication
Brown Journal of World Affairs, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1080-0786
- Publication type
Article