THE HEALTH OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE HEALTH OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION:

CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE TRENDS

Athens 1999

CONTENTS

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Acknowledgements	i
Summary	ii-iv
Introduction	1
Chapter 1 Health, Disease, Disability and Quality of Life	7
Chapter 2 Socio-economic Trends and their Implications for the Health of Older People	27
Chapter 3 Interventions to Improve Health in Old Age	53
Chapter 4 Health Services for Older People in the EU	87
Chapter 5 New Developments Affecting Health	113
Table 5.1	125
Chapter 6 Increasing Healthy Life Expectancy	129
Recommendations	136
Appendix 1 Background to Demographic Ageing in the European Member States.	139
Appendix 2 Trends in Cause Specific Mortality in the EU Amongst Older People.	155