Population aging and challenges of health care for elderly
- Author:
Tien Van Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health
- MeSH:
Population;
Delivery of Health Care;
aged
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
1998;(1):1-54
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Population aging is a natural trend. People more than 60 years were elderly. The growth rate of elderly is the same as this of population growth rate. The average life expectancy of women will be 78.6 and men will be 72.6 within 30 next years. The rate of elderly indicated the social progress and economic development but it is burden for the health sector. The market mechanism and the industrialization process influenced significantly on the human health
