Age- and sex-disaggregated disease burden among the older persons in India
This comprehensive assessment of the differentials in disease burden among older persons across age, sex and states of India, and the gaps identified in the service utilisation data capture by age and sex for the older persons in the national health programs can provide crucial inputs for strengthening the on-going public health policy and programmatic efforts aimed at improving the health and well-being of the growing older population in India.
Authors
- Rakhi Dandona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-788X)
- Anamika Pandey
- Dorairaj Prabhakaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-834X)
- G Anil Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-0905)
- Sailesh Mohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-3596)
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Centre for Chronic Disease Control (IN)
- Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05614-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.06
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation