Self-assessed health expectancy among older adults: A comparison of six Asian settings

Hallym International Journal of Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-117

  Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^a   Zimmer, Zachary ^b   Cruz, Grace ^c   Chan, Angelique ^d   Chuang, Yi Li ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Health expectancy; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASIA; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILIPPINES; PREDICTION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

EID: 33746526881     PISSN: 15356523     EISSN: 15414485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/0DM2-GDRT-E6J9-2DXQ     Document Type: Conference Paper

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