Self-reported health and health care use in an ageing population in the Agincourt sub-district of rural South Africa

• Main Authors: Benjamin Clark (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Stephen Tollman (Author), Francesc Xavier Gómez-Oliv&#x00E9 (Author), Margaret Thorogood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: South Africa is experiencing a demographic and epidemiological transition with an increase in population aged 50 years and older and rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases. This, coupled with high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence, puts an already weak health service under greater...