Health, Life Expectancy, and Health Care Spending among the Elderly docx

... 2003 health, life expectancy, and health care spending 1049 ife expectancy among the elderly has been improving for many decades, 1 and there is evidence that the health of the elderly ... and health on Medicare and on total health care spending for the elderly. 6 Some studies have suggested that the improving health of the elde...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... homes, acute care hospitals, health researchers, regional health authorities and the Ministries of Health Services and Health Planning. prevention of falls and injuries among the elderly 14 1. ... Introduction The Provincial Health Officer is required by the Health Act to report independently to British Columbians on the health status of the populat...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... evidence of the effects of health- related behaviors on health, little is known regarding the association between these behaviors and different aspects of quality of life, especially among the elderly. The ... quality of life in the elderly or, considering a reverse causality, the elderly with good health and well-being are able to adopt and maintain heal...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... activities, their social lives and finances 2 . There- fore, one of the greatest public health challenges is to increase the number of years of a healthy and quality life. The concept of quality of life ... more. Health related quality of life (HRQOL) was assessed us- ing the SF-36 questionnaire. The lowest scores were found among measures for vitality, mental h...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... heart to these women, to whom I am very grateful. To the Institute of Social Studies in e Hague and the Government of the Netherlands I wish to say thanks, for funding the PhD scholarship and dis - sertation ... con - template the lives of this group of women. ese women do yeoman service for their families and, by extension, the Jamaican society and they deserve to hav...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 12:20

... on the health of the elderly. These have been done both outside of and within the United States, and we examine both here. For the U.S., we focus on the health effects of Social Security and the ... longer and healthier life, can be affected by policies outside of their control. Further, to the extent that such policies improve health and hence reduce utilizat...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 13:20

... oral health and the use of either maxillary or mandibular prosthesis; there is a relation between the need for prosthesis and the OHIP, for both maxillary and mandibular arches; and the impact ... between the need for prosthesis and the OHIP, for both maxillary and mandibular arches. Table 3 shows the correlation between some items of the OHIP and the u...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... themselves and their living conditions when there is congruency between what is expected of them by others of signi- ficance and what they may expect of themselves» (p.283). In general, the theoretical ... although education is the most important condi- tion in predicting health, other circumstances external to the sub- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, HEALTH AND SATISFACTION AMONG...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... care) , if they underwent health check-ups in the past, and if they ever postponed or stopped seeking health care in the past year (delayed care) . We also asked the reasons for not seeking care. ... interest is health care seeking behaviors. For health care seeking behaviors, we asked if the elderly had a regular place to go when they were ill (regular source...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... 2002, and 2007 [28-30]. These surveys col- lected information on socioeconomic conditions and living arrangements, employment and income, health sta- tus and health behavior, and the basic needs and ... Self-assessed health status can provide a holistic view of the health of the elderly. This study aims to identify the determinants of self-assessed health amon...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20