Older adults with disability in extreme poverty in Peru: How is their access to health care?
<h4>Background</h4>Disability rates increase with age. In 2012, Peruvian older adults (≥ 65 years) represented 9% of the population. Additionally, older population reported disabilities at about 5 times the rate of Peruvians between 36 and 64 years old, and 30% of older population lived...
| Main Authors: | Oscar Flores-Flores, Ruth Bell, Rodney Reynolds, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208441 |
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