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If a country's elderly population is growing but its health system is weak, which challenge may become especially serious?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: Shortage of elderly health care

When the elderly population grows, the demand for health services usually changes in both quantity and type. Older people are more likely to need regular monitoring, treatment for chronic conditions, medicines, rehabilitation, and long-term or home-based care. If the health system is weak, there may be too few trained professionals, clinics, medicines, and support services to meet these needs. This can increase illness, financial pressure, and dependence on families.

Option A is therefore the most serious and direct challenge: a shortage of elderly health care. The other options do not logically follow from an ageing population. More elderly people do not create an excess of primary schools, do not automatically cause a child population explosion, and do not automatically enlarge the working-age group. Effective planning must strengthen geriatric care, accessible treatment, preventive services, and long-term support as the elderly share rises.

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Elderly CareWeak Health SystemPopulation AgeingHealth PlanningAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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