Measuring change in health status of older adults at the population level: The transition probability model

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Moineddin, Rahim ^a,b   Nie, Jason X ^c,d,e   Wang, Li ^c   Tracy, C Shawn ^c,d   Upshur, Ross E G ^a,b,c,d,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78049514188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-306     Document Type: Article

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