Determinants of health status of the elderly in Bangladesh
Conference paper
Kalam, M. and Khan, H. 2005. Determinants of health status of the elderly in Bangladesh. International Conference on Mainstreaming Ageing in Health Systems and Rural Development. Dhaka, Bangladesh 29 - 30 Nov 2005
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | Determinants of health status of the elderly in Bangladesh |
Authors | Kalam, M. and Khan, H. |
Abstract | Population ageing is popularly recognized as the process by which older individuals become a proportionally larger share of the total population. Globally the number of older persons has tripled over the last 50 years (1950-2000) and it will be more than triple again over the next 50 years (2000-2050). In Bangladesh, the number of elderly has projected to be 42.2 million by 2050. Ageing of population is a relatively a new demographic phenomenon in Bangladesh but it has profound impact on our existing economic, political and social system. As more people live longer, retirement, pensions and other admissible social benefits tend to extend over longer periods of time. This makes it necessary for social security systems to change substantially in order to remain effective. For example increasing longevity may result in rising medical costs and increasing demands for health services, since older people are usually more vulnerable to chronic diseases. In this paper sample data is being used in order to assess some of actual demographic, socioeconomic and health conditions of the elderly citizen of Bangladesh. |
Conference | International Conference on Mainstreaming Ageing in Health Systems and Rural Development |
Publication dates | |
01 Jan 2005 | |
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Deposited | 06 Aug 2013 |
Output status | Published |
Web address (URL) | http://www.bracresearch.org/others/Abstract_book.pdf |
Language | English |
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