The epidemiology of dependency among urban-dwelling older people in the Dominican Republic; a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Demographic ageing, and the health transition will soon lead to large increases in the number of dependent older people in low and middle income countries. Despite its importance, this topic has not previously been studied. METHODS: A cross sectional catchment area one-phase survey of he...

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Autores principales: Acosta, Daisy, Rottbeck, Ruth, Rodríguez, Guillermina, Ferri, Cleusa P, Prince, Martin J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18700967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-285

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18700967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-285

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