Conjugal bereavement effects on health and mortality at advanced ages

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 774-794

  van den Berg, Gerard J ^a   Lindeboom, Maarten ^b   Portrait, France ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Disease; Elderly couples; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 79960902519     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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