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| Dying, not old age, to blame for costs of health care | | Author(s) | Chris van Weel, Joop Michels |
| Journal title | The Lancet, vol 350, no 9085, 18 October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1159-1160 (Ageing today and tomorrow) |
| Keywords | Dying ; Ill health ; Medical care ; Statistics [data] ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The authors present the view that ageing is a powerful marker of the health of the population, and should not be stigmatised as a waste or a burden on society. Their hypothesis is that it is dying rather than old age that implies high costs. Good palliative care is something which everyone, no matter what age, is entitled to. Statistical information from the Nijmegen Continuous Morbidity Registration, 1991-1995, is presented on age-specific incidence of most common primary care morbidity, and age-specific prevalence of most common primary care chronic diseases. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971201012 A |
| Classmark | CX: CH: LK: 6C: 76H * |
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