ReviewLancet (London, England)2015
Macroeconomic implications of population ageing and selected policy responses.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 227 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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227 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Health financing policies for aging populations: a comparative study of seven countries.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers to health, social and long-term care access among older adults: a systematic review of reviews.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
- The efficacy versus evidence quality of multicomponent exercise for cognitive health in older adults: an umbrella review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of high-intensity interval training on cardiometabolic outcomes in middle-aged and elderly populations with chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
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- Exploring the experience of reablement: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of older people's and carers' views.Health & social care in the community · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Government-Sponsored Community Health Programs for Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Published Evaluation Studies.Public health reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Horticultural therapy for general health in the older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Best Nursing Intervention Practices to Prevent Non-Communicable Disease: A Systematic Review.Public health reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic Literature Review of Food-Intake Monitoring in an Aging Population.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Pooled it
- The costs of diabetes treatment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2019Pooled it
- A Comparative Study of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Continuous Ciprofol Infusion Between Young and Elderly Patients.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Trial
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- Perceived Social Norms Guide Health Care Decisions for Oneself and Others: A Cross-Sectional Experiment in a US Online Panel.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2022Trial
- A multistate model of health transitions in older people: a secondary analysis of ASPREE clinical trial data.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2022Trial
- Impact of Whole Body Electromyostimulation on Velocity, Power and Body Composition in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Population Priorities for Successful Aging: A Randomized Vignette Experiment.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2020Trial
- Combining volunteers and primary care teamwork to support health goals and needs of older adults: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2019Trial
- Effect of a Walnut Diet on Office and 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Elderly Individuals.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2019Trial
- Mobile Geriatric Teams - A Cost-Effective Way Of Improving Patient Safety And Reducing Traditional Healthcare Utilization Among The Frail Elderly? A Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Trial
167 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Between now and 2030, every country will experience population ageing-a trend that is both pronounced and historically unprecedented. Over the past six decades, countries of the world had experienced only a slight increase in the share of people aged 60 years and older, from 8% to 10%. But in the next four decades, this group is expected to rise to 22% of the total population-a jump from 800 million to 2 billion people. Evidence suggests that cohorts entering older age now are healthier than previous ones. However, progress has been very uneven, as indicated by the wide gaps in population health (measured by life expectancy) between the worst (Sierra Leone) and best (Japan) performing countries, now standing at a difference of 36 years for life expectancy at birth and 15 years for life expectancy at age 60 years. Population ageing poses challenges for countries' economies, and the health of older populations is of concern. Older people have greater health and long-term care needs than younger people, leading to increased expenditure. They are also less likely to work if they are unhealthy, and could impose an economic burden on families and society. Like everyone else, older people need both physical and economic security, but the burden of providing these securities will be falling on a smaller portion of the population. Pension systems will be stressed and will need reassessment along with retirement policies. Health systems, which have not in the past been oriented toward the myriad health problems and long-term care needs of older people and have not sufficiently emphasised disease prevention, can respond in different ways to the new demographic reality and the associated changes in population health. Along with behavioural adaptations by individuals and businesses, the nature of such policy responses will establish whether population ageing will lead to major macroeconomic difficulties.
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