Sociodemographic and socioeconomic patterns of chronic non-communicable disease among the older adult population in Ghana

• Main Authors: Nadia Minicuci (Author), Richard B. Biritwum (Author), George Mensah (Author), Alfred E. Yawson (Author), Nirmala Naidoo (Author), Somnath Chatterji (Author), Paul Kowal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In Ghana, the older adult population is projected to increase from 5.3% of the total population in 2015 to 8.9% by 2050. National and local governments will need information about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this population in order to allocate health system resources and respond...