Study of Factors associated with Health seeking behaviour of elderly in rural field practice area of Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur.

Abstract

“Population ageing” was one of the most distinctive demographic events of the twentieth century. It will surely remain important throughout the twenty-first century. Today 60% of those aged above 60 years live in developing countries and their proportion will increase to 80% by 2050. The elderly population in India accounts for 7.4% of the total population.