Open AccessTrends in Rates of Onset of and Recovery From Disability at Older Ages: 1982-1994
Author(s) -
Douglas A. Wolf,
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon,
Thomas A. Glass
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/62.1.s3
Subject(s) - demography , population , gerontology , medicine , population ageing , sociology
Although there is substantial evidence of declining prevalence of disability among the older population during the late 1980s and 1990s, evidence on trends in the underlying dynamics of disability is lacking. For this study, we estimated models of transitions between discrete disability and vital states that incorporated simple linear time trends.
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