Military Medical Research (Feb 2021)

Association between medical resources and the proportion of oldest-old in the Chinese population

  • Chao Tan,
  • Cai-Zhi Tang,
  • Xing-Shu Chen,
  • Yong-Jun Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40779-021-00307-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Abstract The potential association between medical resources and the proportion of oldest-old (90 years of age and above) in the Chinese population was examined, and we found that the higher proportion of oldest-old was associated with the higher number of beds in hospitals and health centers.

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