Title: Trends and differentials in disability-free life expectancy: concepts, methods, and findings.

POPLINE Document Number: 252234

Author(s):

Robine J-M
Mathers C
Brouard N

Source citation:

In: Health and mortality among elderly populations, edited by Graziella Caselli and Alan D. Lopez. Oxford, England, Clarendon Press, 1996. :182-201.

Abstract:

Some of the problems, concepts, and issues involved in the study of disability-free life expectancy are discussed in this chapter. Attention is given to the differences among total survival, handicap-free survival, disability-free survival, and impairment-free survival. Comparisons are made among selected developed countries with regard to differences in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy. (ANNOTATION)

Keywords:

Developed Countries
Health
Life Expectancy
Disabled Persons and Disabilities
Comparative Studies
Methodological Studies
Length of Life
Mortality
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Population Characteristics
Studies
Research Methodology