NATIONAL SURVEYS AND THE HEALTH AND FUNCTIONING OF THE ELDERLY - THE EFFECTS OF DESIGN AND CONTENT

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: CORDER, LS; MANTON, KG
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0162-1459
• DOI: 10.2307/2290603
• 发表日期: 1991
• 页码: 513-525
• 关键词: life expectancy; oldest old

摘要

The rapid growth of the U.S. elderly (age 65+) and oldest-old (age 85+) populations, combined with their high per capita acute health and long-term care (LTC) service needs, raises concerns about existing health care payment systems. Adapting and designing new types of health insurance and existing health policies require accurate data on the elderly's health and functional characteristics. Strengths and weaknesses of five national health surveys in providing such data are evaluated. Methodological issues arising in surveying elderly populations and analyzing data from those surveys are discussed, with implications for designing private LTC insurance and for reducing future LTC service burden.