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Are China’s oldest-old living longer with less disability? A longitudinal modeling analysis of birth cohorts born 10 years apart
Liu Z, Han L, Feng Q, Dupre ME, Gu D, Allore HG, Gill TM, Payne CF. Are China’s oldest-old living longer with less disability? A longitudinal modeling analysis of birth cohorts born 10 years apart. BMC Medicine 2019, 17: 23. PMID: 30704529, PMCID: PMC6357399, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1259-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPartial life expectancyLess disabilityBirth cohortOldest old livingLife expectancyAge groupsHigher healthcare costsDisability-free life expectancySuccessive birth cohortsOldest-old individualsOctogenarian womenMultistate life tablesSubgroup analysisAge 80Healthcare costsRural residenceUrban-rural disparitiesOctogenariansCohortHealth inequalitiesPersonal assistanceDisability transitionsDisabilityNonagenariansSociodemographic heterogeneity
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Estimates of Active and Disabled Life Expectancy Based on Different Assessment Intervals
Gill TM, Allore H, Hardy SE, Holford TR, Han L. Estimates of Active and Disabled Life Expectancy Based on Different Assessment Intervals. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2005, 60: 1013-1016. PMID: 16127105, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.8.1013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisabled life expectancyAssessment intervalsADL functionLife expectancyProspective cohort studyCommunity-dwelling personsMore frequent assessmentsActive life expectancyADL disabilityCohort studyDaily livingEpidemiologic studiesAge groupsLong assessment intervalsFrequent assessmentConfidence intervalsBiennial strategyCorresponding point estimatesExpectancyMonthsDisabilityIncrement-decrement life tablesYearsPeriodic surveysInterval