The burden of disease among Brazilian older adults and the challenge for health policies: results of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

• Main Authors: Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos (Author), Ana Paula Silva Champs (Author), Renato Teixeira (Author), Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa (Author), Renata Kirkwood (Author), Renato Veras (Author), Bruno Ramos Nascimento (Author), Ana Maria Nogales (Author), Maria Inês Schmidt (Author), Bruce Bartholow Duncan (Author), Ewerton Cousin (Author), Mohsen Naghavi (Author), Fatima Marinho Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Brazil is the world's fifth most populous nation, and is currently experimenting a fast demographic aging process in a context of scarce resources and social inequalities. To understand the health profile of older adults in Brazil is fundamental for planning public policies....