Open AccessLifetime according to health status among the oldest olds in Denmark
Author(s) -
Henrik BrønnumHansen,
Inge Petersen,
Bernard Jeune,
Kaare Christensen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afn239
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , danish , independence (probability theory) , demography , mental health , cohort , physical health , psychiatry , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , sociology
policy makers face increasing demands for care of the aged and therefore need more information about the health status of very old people. The purpose of this study was to quantify the average lifetime according to health status among the oldest olds in Denmark.
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