Self-Rated Health, Interviewer-Rated Health, and Their Predictive Powers on Mortality in Old Age

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 538-550

  Feng, Qiushi ^a   Zhu, Haiyan ^b   Zhen, Zhihong ^c   Gu, Danan ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Interviewer rated health; Mortality; Older adults; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84965140839     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu186     Document Type: Article

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