Time to retire - Time to die? A prospective cohort study of the effects of early retirement on long-term survival

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-164

  Brockmann, Hilke ^a   Müller, Rolf ^b   Helmert, Uwe ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Health disparities; Mortality; Pension reforms; Prospective cohort study; Retirement; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; LABOR MARKET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENSIONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETIREMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 67649313527     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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