2025
Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality
Wang Y, Zang E, Davis-Plourde K, Gill T, Becher R. Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality. Health & Place 2025, 92: 103438. PMID: 40058245, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncreased mortality riskContextual disadvantageOlder personsOlder AmericansCommunity-living older personsSocial disadvantageMortality riskIndices of social disadvantageReduce health disparitiesPopulation of older AmericansCounty-levelPublic health policiesNon-disadvantaged groupsMortality disparitiesHealth disparitiesHealth policyMortality existUnited StatesDisadvantaged countiesNegative binomial modelGeriatric populationComposite indexDisparitiesDisadvantaged statesMultidimensional factors
2024
Neighborhood Disadvantage in a Nationally Representative Sample of Community-Living Older US Adults
Gill T, Leo-Summers L, Vander Wyk B, Becher R, Liang J. Neighborhood Disadvantage in a Nationally Representative Sample of Community-Living Older US Adults. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2450332. PMID: 39666339, PMCID: PMC11638794, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.50332.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Aging Trends StudyCommunity-living older adultsNationally representative sampleNon-Hispanic blacksNeighborhood disadvantageSocioeconomic deprivationOlder adultsIndividual-level socioeconomic characteristicsLong-term mortalityIndicators of socioeconomic deprivationNon-Hispanic White individualsNon-Hispanic white participantsRepresentative sampleCohort studySocioeconomic characteristicsCommunity-living personsNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantageArea Deprivation IndexOlder US adultsGeriatric characteristicsPopulation-based estimatesAscertainment of mortalityHigher education levelCensus block levelHigh school diploma
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