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. Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
- 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 Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Middle Aged Humans 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