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Policymaker (social systems) article

Old age poverty: A scoping review of the literature

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
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  • Full-text report
    Full-text report
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2017
  • Year Published
    2018
  • Quality Rating
    4/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United States (23); Korea (Republic of) (6); Canada (5); Europe and Central Asia (3); Belgium (2); Lebanon (2); Australia (1); Cambodia (1); China (1); Costa Rica (1); India (1); Nigeria (1); Peru (1); Sweden (1); Thailand (1); United Kingdom (1); Viet Nam (1); Hong Kong (1); Kosovo (1); Taiwan (1); Sub-Saharan Africa (1); Global (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    At least one LMIC/Global South study included
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Financial protection
    Poverty reduction
    Sustainable Development Goals
    1. No poverty
    10. Reduced inequalities
  • Social system topic(s)
    Governance arrangements
    Policy authority
    Centralization/decentralization of policy authority
    Accountability of the state sector's role in financing & delivery
    Financial arrangements
    Incentivizing citizens
    Targeted payments/penalties (Incentivizing citizens)
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Kwan C, Walsh CA. Old age poverty: A scoping review of the literature. Cogent Social Sciences. 2018;4: 1-21.
  • DOI
    Not applicable

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