Editorial: Global Population Aging - Health Care, Social and Economic Consequences

[摘要] Population Aging or Third Demographic Transition nicknamed as well “The Silver Cunami” became a virtually global phenomenon in the second half of XX century (1). Purpose of this Research Topic was to gather an array of submissions with the plausible goal of depicting its health care related and socioeconomic consequences. A total of four articles excluding this Editorial have been published inclusive three full length original research papers and one book review. Base affiliations of the authors spread across academia and governmental authorities while these universities and institutes were situated in the US, China, Australia, Germany and Serbia.

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] population aging;demographics;gLobal;health economics;policy