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Social needs of older people: A systematic literature review

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2016-11-29
  • Year Published
    2018
  • Quality Rating
    5/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United States (6); Australia (2); Netherlands (2); Canada (1); Ireland (1); New Zealand (1); Spain (1); Taiwan (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    Not applicable
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    General
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Community and social services
    Community services
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
  • Social system topic(s)
    Not applicable
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Bruggencate TT, Luijkx KG, Sturm J. Social needs of older people: A systematic literature review. Ageing and Society. 2018;38(9):1745-1770.
  • DOI
    10.1017/S0144686X17000150

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