Disability rates for working-age adults and for the elderly have stabilized, but trends for each mean different results for costs

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-134

  Stephen Kaye, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872086908     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0533     Document Type: Article

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