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Ageing, Health and Equity—Broad Perspectives Are Needed to Understand and Tackle Health Challenges of Ageing Societies

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  • Hajo Zeeb

    (Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology—BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany
    Health Sciences Bremen, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany)

  • Heinz Rothgang

    (Health Sciences Bremen, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
    SOCIUM—Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany)

  • Ingrid Darmann-Finck

    (Health Sciences Bremen, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
    Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

Demographic change and the evolving demands on healthcare systems, especially in the provision of healthcare and long-term care for a growing number of older people, are among the greatest social challenges of the next decades.[...]

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  • Hajo Zeeb & Heinz Rothgang & Ingrid Darmann-Finck, 2018. "Ageing, Health and Equity—Broad Perspectives Are Needed to Understand and Tackle Health Challenges of Ageing Societies," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-4, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:3:p:457-:d:134942
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