Prevalence of Physical Disability in Iran: Do Existing Health Services Meet the Needs of Older People? A Letter to Editor

Behzad Karami Matin; Shahin Soltani

doi:10.5812/jhealthscope.87022

Prevalence of Physical Disability in Iran: Do Existing Health Services Meet the Needs of Older People? A Letter to Editor

authors:

Behzad Karami Matin ¹ , Shahin Soltani ^{1
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1 Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Health Scope: Vol.8, issue 4; e87022

published online: October 30, 2019

article type: Letter

received: December 3, 2018

revised: February 10, 2019

accepted: May 2, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.87022

how to cite: Karami Matin B, Soltani S. Prevalence of Physical Disability in Iran: Do Existing Health Services Meet the Needs of Older People? A Letter to Editor. Health Scope. 2019;8(4):e87022. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.87022.

Keywords

Prevalence Physical Disability Elderly Health Policy

Footnotes

Authors’ Contribution:Behzad Karami Matin contributed to designing the study, monitoring all aspects of the study, and identifying relevant studies and references. Shahin Soltani contributed to conceiving and designing the study, cleaning data, the analysis, drafting and intellectual development of the manuscript, the literature review, and agreed with all aspects of the work.
Conflict of Interests:The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
Funding/Support:None.

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