Substantial health and economic returns from delayed aging may warrant a new focus for medical research

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1698-1705

  Goldman, Dana P ^a   Cutler, David ^b   Rowe, John W ^c   Michaud, Pierre Carl ^d   Sullivan, Jeffrey ^e   Peneva, Desi ^e   Olshansky, S Jay ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e PRECISION HEALTH ECONOMICS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELAYED AGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; EMPHYSEMA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; RETIREMENT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGE; COST CONTROL; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST SAVINGS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MEDICARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885402674     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0052     Document Type: Article

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