2022
Difficulty and help with activities of daily living among older adults living alone during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-country population-based study
Chen S, Jones LA, Jiang S, Jin H, Dong D, Chen X, Wang D, Zhang Y, Xiang L, Zhu A, Cardinal RN. Difficulty and help with activities of daily living among older adults living alone during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-country population-based study. BMC Geriatrics 2022, 22: 181. PMID: 35246064, PMCID: PMC8894568, DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-02799-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth system factorsADL assistanceOlder adultsCOVID-19 pandemicPopulation-based studyLongitudinal cohort studyHealth service expendituresSystem factorsCOVID-19Wealth-related inequalitiesHealth-related indicatorsPandemic-related changesCohort studyADL difficultyEligible peopleBackgroundOlder adultsDaily livingAdultsInternational variationConcentration indexService expendituresPandemicDifficulty statusSex gapUnequal response
2019
Effect of family income on cognition in older adults in China: an instrumental-variables decomposition analysis
Hu H, Si Y, Chen X. Effect of family income on cognition in older adults in China: an instrumental-variables decomposition analysis. The Lancet 2019, 394: s81. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32417-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncome-related inequalitiesAdult cognitionIntact mental statusConcentration indexEpisodic memoryFamily incomeInstrumental variablesDecomposition analysisOlder adultsOlder adults' cognitionTax incomeWord recallCognitive measuresCognitive abilitiesCognitive skillsPolicy interventionsTotal investmentRetirement Longitudinal StudyIncomeCognition problemsCognitionFinancial outcomesPolicy makersCausal effectEconomic resourcesDecomposing inequality in catastrophic health expenditure for self-reported hypertension household in Urban Shaanxi, China from 2008 to 2013: two waves’ cross-sectional study
Si Y, Zhou Z, Su M, Wang X, Lan X, Wang D, Gong S, Xiao X, Shen C, Ren Y, Zhao D, Hong Z, Bian Y, Chen X. Decomposing inequality in catastrophic health expenditure for self-reported hypertension household in Urban Shaanxi, China from 2008 to 2013: two waves’ cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e023033. PMID: 31076467, PMCID: PMC6528006, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatastrophic health expenditurePro-poor inequalityMixed householdsHealth expenditureIncome-related inequalitiesNational Health Services SurveyPocket healthcare expenditureHousehold economic statusFifth National Health Service SurveysHealthcare reformHealth Services SurveyCHE occurrenceHousehold capacityObserved inequalitiesProbit regressionUrban ChinaConcentration indexHouseholdsHealthcare expendituresEconomic statusChina's healthcare reformElderly membersExpenditureInequalityServices Survey
2018
Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method
Si Y, Zhou Z, Su M, Wang X, Li D, Wang D, He S, Hong Z, Chen X. Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2018, 15: 1466. PMID: 29997376, PMCID: PMC6069145, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTobacco consumptionConcentration indexNon-communicable diseasesTobacco use prevalenceRetirement Longitudinal StudySocio-economic inequalitiesPublic health policyPublic health controlRisk factorsLow educational attainmentHealth controlsChina HealthUse prevalenceHealth policyEducational attainmentOlder AdultsUse quantityLongitudinal studyStrongest predictorPrevalenceAgeGenderSmokersIndexDisease