Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1192-1201 , December 2003

A changing relationship between disability and survival in the elderly population: differences by age

  • Rosa Lamarca

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM-IMAS), Carrer del Doctor Aiguader 80, Barcelona E-08003, Spain
    • ,
  • Montserrat Ferrer

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM-IMAS), Carrer del Doctor Aiguader 80, Barcelona E-08003, Spain
    • ,
  • Per Kragh Andersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Knut Liestol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, PB 1080 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Sweden
    • ,
  • Niels Keiding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Jordi Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM-IMAS), Carrer del Doctor Aiguader 80, Barcelona E-08003, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +34-93-225-7553; fax: +34-93-221-4002.

,Accepted 22 November 2002.

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PII: S0895-4356(03)00201-4

doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00201-4

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1192-1201 , December 2003

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