Population aging, the dependency burden, and challenges facing preventive medicine

Changes in age structure alone will bring fundamental changes in economic performance in countries where population aging is becoming a predominant reality. A singular challenge is the strain on public transfer systems that fund pensions and medical care for the elderly by taxing working-age adults....

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Published inPreventive medicine Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 533 - 534
Main Author Edwards, Ryan D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2012
Subjects
Ageing
Brainstorms
Demography
Dependency
Dependency (Psychology)
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Disability
Disabled Persons
Funds
Health
Health care
Humans
Internal Medicine
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Pensions
Population Dynamics - trends
Preventive Medicine
Disability
Obesity
Demography
Health
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Summary:Changes in age structure alone will bring fundamental changes in economic performance in countries where population aging is becoming a predominant reality. A singular challenge is the strain on public transfer systems that fund pensions and medical care for the elderly by taxing working-age adults. Part of a special forum offering a series of articles on preventive medicine brainstorming. [Copyright Elsevier B.V.]
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ISSN:0091-7435
1096-0260
DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.07.025