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Worry about medical care, family support and depression of the elders in urban China
Author(s)	Rongjun Sun
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 26, no 5, September 2004
Pages	pp 559-585
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Depression ; Anxiety ; Medical care ; Family care ; Urban areas ; China.
Annotation	The role of family support in reducing older people's depression in the face of the perceived inadequate public medical care in urban China is examined. Using data from the Survey on Ageing and Intergenerational Relationship in Baoding City, this article investigates the overall depression level, somatic symptoms, and affective symptoms, respectively. The findings suggest that perceived inadequate public medical care, which results from dramatic changes in China's socioeconomic transformation, has a stressful impact on all measures of depression. Family support, by its structure and function, shows both direct and moderating effects in counteracting such stress from the public domain. In the light of China's demographic transition, the state is called upon to adopt a comprehensive strategy in designing its socioeconomic development policy to meet the needs of an ageing population. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040909226 A
Classmark	ENR: ENP: LK: P6:SJ: RK: 7DC
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