Health status and the needs of healthcare for the elderly
- Author:
Duong Huy Luong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
*healthcare needs, Aged,
- MeSH:
Delivery of Health Care;
Health Status;
Aged
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2004;0(2):37-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study the health status and the needs of healthcare for the elderly. Subject: People over 60 years old. Method: Analyse secondary database. Results: morbidity prevalence among the old persons was high and this prevalence was higher than it was among younger groups; prevalence of chronic diseases among the elderly was high; the elderly need to be taken care comprehensively by family members, especially emotional care; health care needs of the elderly weren’t sufficiently and timely met
