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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
2018
Disability Prior to Death Among the Oldest-Old in China
Liu Z, Han L, Wang X, Feng Q, Gill TM. Disability Prior to Death Among the Oldest-Old in China. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2018, 73: 1701-1707. PMID: 29408957, PMCID: PMC6230206, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gly010.Peer-Reviewed Original Research