Insurance and other socioeconomic determinants of elderly longevity in a Costa Rican panel

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 705-720

  Rosero Bixby, Luis ^a   Dow, William H ^b   Laclé, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644895076     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004006996     Document Type: Article

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