Accurately measuring health over the life course

Accurately measuring health over the life course

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Center for Retirement Research working paper
Contributor(s):
Lange, Fabian.
McKee, Doug.
Boston College. Center for Retirement Research.
Publication:
Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, c2010
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Status Disparities
Models, Theoretical
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This paper develops a new method of estimating rich, dynamic models of health based on multiple health measures available in the HRS. We apply these methods to investigate what generates the large socioeconomic gradient in health. Preliminary results suggest a large role for initial differences in health at age 50 that persist into old age.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
NLM Unique ID:
101546840 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101546840