Age and marital status are major factors associated with institutionalisation in elderly Hong Kong Chinese.
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Age and marital status are major factors associated with institutionalisation in elderly Hong Kong Chinese.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the need for long term institutional care for elderly Chinese living in Hong Kong and factors associated with institutional living. DESIGN Survey by interviewer administered questionnaire of a stratified random sample of all recipients of old age or disability allowance covering 90% of the population. SETTING Survey performed in Hong Kong, a city on the south co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.48.3.306