Open AccessSelf-Rated Health Changes and Oldest-Old Mortality
Author(s) -
Eric M. Vogelsang
Publication year - 2014
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/gbu013
Subject(s) - respondent , self rated health , demography , medicine , gerontology , health and retirement study , hazard , mortality rate , environmental health , chemistry , organic chemistry , sociology , political science , law
This study explores how 2 measures of self-rated health (SRH) change are related to mortality among oldest-old adults. In doing so, it also considers how associations between SRH and mortality may depend on prior SRH.
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