Positive Self-Perceptions of Aging and Lower Rate of Overnight Hospitalization in the US Population over Age 50

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 81-90

  Sun, Jennifer K ^a,b   Kim, Eric S ^c   Smith, Jacqui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Health and Retirement Study; health care use; hospitalization; prospective studies; self perceptions of aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84976547959     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000364     Document Type: Article

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