Open AccessMortality Risk Associated With Disability: A Population-Based Record Linkage Study
Author(s) -
István Májer,
Wilma Nusselder,
Johan P. Mackenbach,
Bart Klijs,
Pieter van Baal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300361
Subject(s) - hazard ratio , life expectancy , medicine , demography , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , record linkage , population , gerontology , activities of daily living , linkage (software) , environmental health , physical therapy , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , gene
We assessed the association between mortality and disability and quantified the effect of disability-associated risk factors.