Personas mayores en Chile: el nuevo desafío social, económico y sanitario del Siglo XXI / Older people in Chile: the new social, economic and health challenge for the 21st century
Rev. méd. Chile
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148(6): 799-809, jun. 2020. tab, graf
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Ageing will be one of the most significant social transformations of the 21st century worldwide. In the last 40 years, Chile has tripled its older adult population. As a result, by 2050 the country will have the highest proportion of older adults in Latin America. This remarkable growth reinforces the need to identify their current situation and to revise what is the society doing to maintain older people as active members. In this context, this narrative revision aimed to describe the sociodemographic, epidemiologic and sociocultural profile of the older Chilean adults. Besides, programs and public policies focused on the improvement of their quality of life were identified.
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
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United kingdom
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Austral de Chile/CL
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Universidad Autónoma de Chile/CL
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Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción/CL
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Universidad Santo Tomás/CL
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Universidad de Concepción/CL
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Universidad del Bio-Bío/CL
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University of Glasgow/GB
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