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Health at older ages : the causes and consequences of declining disability among the elderly /
Americans are living longer--and staying healthier longer--than ever before. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off than they were twenty years ago. In Health at Older Ages, a distinguished team of economists analy...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2008.
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| Series: | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Americans are living longer--and staying healthier longer--than ever before. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off than they were twenty years ago. In Health at Older Ages, a distinguished team of economists analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations. This breakthrough volume argues that educational attainment, high socioeconomic status, an older ret. |
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| Item Description: | "This volume consists of papers presented at a conference held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in October 2004"--Page xi |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 494 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780226132327 0226132323 9780226132310 0226132315 |