Prevalence of chronic morbidities and healthcare seeking behavior among urban community dwelling elderly population residing in Kalyani Municipality area of West Bengal, India
Introduction: Demographic transition has resulted in higher proportion of elderly population in every community. The pattern of chronic morbidity along with healthcare seeking behavior and factors associated with it are important for implementation of national health policies targeted toward elderly...
Main Authors: | Farhad Ahamed, Tandra Ghosh, Amandeep Kaur, Abantika Debnath |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |
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Online Access: | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2021;volume=10;issue=11;spage=4193;epage=4199;aulast=Ahamed |
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