Health systems readiness to provide geriatric friendly care services in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

Jude Thaddeus Ssensamba Moses Mukuru Mary Nakafeero Ronald Ssenyonga Suzanne N Kiwanuka

Published in: BMC geriatrics (2019)

There is a low readiness for public health facilities to provide geriatric friendly care services in Uganda. This is due to gaps in all of the health system building blocks. There is a need for health system reforms in Uganda to adequately cater for service provision for older adults if the 2020 global healthy ageing goal is to be met.

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