Disability-Free Life Expectancy Over 30 Years: A Growing Female Disadvantage in the U.S. Population Authors: Freedman, VA, Wolf, DA, Spillman, BC Abstract: Objectives. To examine changes in active life expectancy in the United States over 30 years for older men and women (aged ≥ 65 years). Methods. We used the 1982 and 2004 National Long […]
aging, Disability, geriatrics, life expectancy, Public HealthWhat do we know about the Quality of Healthcare Among Seniors? Kosiak B, Sangl J, Correa-de-Araujo R. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA. [email protected] AbstractAs the proportion of the population age 65 and over continues to grow-to a projected 20.5% or 77.2 million by the year 2040-tracking the quality, access, and receipt […]
aging, Women's HealthWomen Show Greater Rate of Failure after Total Hip Arthroplasty Maria C. S. Inacio, MS; Christopher F. Ake, PhD; Elizabeth W. Paxton, MA; Monti Khatod, MD; Cunlin Wang, MD, PhD; Thomas P. Gross, MD, MPH; Ronald G. Kaczmarek, MD, PhD; Danica Marinac-Dabic, MD, PhD; Art Sedrakyan, MD, PhD. Published online February 18, 2013 Abstract Importance The […]
aging, medical devices, Musculoskeletal