Is home bound a major burden towards health access among the elderly population? A community based cross sectional study in the selected northern districts in Tamilnadu

Background: The world population is presently experiencing population aging. About 8% of older Indians were confined to their home or bed. There is need for a strategy to tackle rural elderly home bound with co-morbid with limited number of doctors, nurses, physiotherapist along with shortage of bed...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Balaji Ramraj, Muthunarayanan Logaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398420301846