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OECD Health Working Paper No. 42 - Policies for Healthy Ageing: An Overview

This paper reviews policies in the area of healthy ageing. It begins by defining health ageing and related concepts, such as active ageing. The paper then groups healthy ageing policies under four basic types and describes their programmes for improving the health status of older people.

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