Explaining disability trends in the U.S. elderly and near-elderly population

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1528-1549

  Chen, Yiqun ^a   Sloan, Frank A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; elderly; mobility; near elderly; obesity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING ASSESSMENT; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942295315     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12284     Document Type: Article

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