Sibship Size and Health Outcomes in Later Life among the Mexican Elderly pptx

... how the number of sibling is related to health outcomes in later life. In this paper, I link these two strands of the literature and examine the relationship between sibship size and health outcomes ... 2006 Abstract This paper investigates whether the number of siblings is associated with health outcomes in the elderly population, using the Mexican...

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... productive and efficient in maintaining health and using healthcare resources. The model showed little dependence of health status on enabling variables, including income, insurance type, and regional ... toward the null, indicating the strong confounding effect of the total number of prescriptions taken. Adding predisposing and enabling variables in Model C, the coef...

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... study. Among the eight dimensions assessed by the SF-36, the population studied in the present survey obtained the worst scores in the scales of: vitality, mental health and general health. Other ... capita income and schooling using multiple linear regression model. these three domains. Leplège et al. 19 , in research developed in France, found the worst me...

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... stands in the way of realizing quality of life Symposium on Health Care Challenges for an Ageing Population: Managing Health Care and End of Life Decisions in Singapore, 29 May 2009, Singapore Ng ... in achieving longer and healthier life expectancy.  Methodology:  Data from the baseline survey of participants in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SL...

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... Kosinski M, Gandek B. 36® Health Survey: Manual and interpretation guide. Lincoln: QualityMetric Incorporated; 2000. well-being especially among the elderly. Besides, they help maintaining their ... nondrinkers. 20 Research studies involving the elderly found better functional capacity and mental health among drinkers. 6,21 The study about this subject in the elde...

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... Español doi:10.4317/medoral.17632 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.4317/medoral.17632 Introduction Average life- span has been increasing all around the world and also in the elderly population. Oral health is related to general health, cognitive status and quality of life ... after examination, (B) died within the rst six months after examination, (C) died within the rst n...

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... Europe. The approach is neither minimalist, as in the case of the liberal regimes, nor has it the conser- vative intent of protecting the status quo and maintaining status differ- entials. The aims ... is certainly the case when compared to 2 Remodelling Hospitals and Health Professions in Europe Mike Dent Remodelling Hospitals and Health Professions in Europe Me...

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... datasets and the diverse study population, interpretation of these results can be informative in the policy setting and for guiding further investigation. Methods Air monitoring data and criteria ... respondents, and these persons were excluded from analyses. Those residing within the 48 contiguous states at the time of the interview were included in the analyses. Of t...

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... health rationale, an emphasis on spacing (rather than limiting) of births, and the delivery of family planning and reproductive health services within integrated health programs. In Africa, the ... high CPR among the urban and educated popula- tions; and expanding services for the rural and poor. In addition, while the public sector remains the primary provid...

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... 7 The Northern Australian response The Northern Territory In 1997, in response to the high prevalence and increasing incidence of chronic disease, the Northern Territory Department of Health and ... relevant information systems and continuing follow up initiated by the provider (Wagner, 1998). This means that the training of the workforce needed to be reviewed and...

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