Open AccessIntegrating Social and Health Care Needs Assessment to Meet the Demand for Care of the Elderly in Italy: A National Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Liotta
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
hsoa journal of gerontology and geriatric medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2381-8662
DOI - 10.24966/ggm-8662/100118
Subject(s) - european social survey , health care , cross sectional study , social care , environmental health , european population , population , psychology , medicine , nursing , political science , economic growth , economics , pathology , politics , law
Background: To size the demand for care generated by the population aged >75 years in Italy the authors conducted a secondary analysis of data stemming from the third wave of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS- wave3), carried out in Italy in 2019, based on a harmonized questionnaire at European level.