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Health care quality for an active later life
 — improving quality of prevention and treatment through information: England 2005 to 2012: a report ... for Age UK
Author(s)David Melzer, Behrooz Tavakoly, Rachel Winder
Corporate AuthorAgeing Research Group, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter; Age UK
PublisherPeninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, 2012
Pages81 pp
SourceDownload: https://wombat.pcmd.ac.uk/document_manager/documents/files/epidemiology/Health_Care_Quality_for_an_Active_Later_Life_2012.pdf
KeywordsHealth [elderly] ; Medical care ; Therapeutics ; Preventative medicine ; Quality ; Statistics [data] ; England.
AnnotationThis report for Age UK brings together health data since 2005 from diverse sources to shed light on two questions. First, how successful have England and the UK been in preventing later life disease and disability? Second, how well are we delivering high quality medical treatments for the common disabling diseases of later life? The aim was to identify the current successes and challenges in providing high quality prevention and treatment to older people. The literature review conducted aimed to include data and information on: health status, health risks and quality of treatment (NHS or other) in England and other parts of the UK; people aged 50+; and non-frail older people. The report has four main sections: numbers, health conditions and functioning of the older population, including disease prevalence and disability-free life expectancy; health risks; quality of care for common age-related disease such as cardiovascular condition, diabetes, osteoarthritis, mental health and cancers; and views of older people on the treatment they receive. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-121026200 B
ClassmarkCC: LK: LL: LK2: 59: 6C: 82

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