Journal article
Assessing the health of individuals and populations in surveys of the elderly: Some concepts and approaches
The Gerontologist, Vol.34(4), pp.449-453
08/01/1994
DOI: 10.1093/geront/34.4.449
PMID: 7959100
Abstract
Most health survey research in devoted to assessing the health of individuals in a defined population. Various measures include the prevalence and incidence of diseases, signs and symptoms, functional states, and use of health services. However, assessing individual biologic robustness can be problematic, and some suggestions for testable approaches are offered. Additionally, there are characteristics of the health of populations or communities, not referent to individual constituents, that have been underutilized. These include measures of the physical, social, and health service environment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assessing the health of individuals and populations in surveys of the elderly: Some concepts and approaches
- Creators
- Robert Wallace - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Gerontologist, Vol.34(4), pp.449-453
- DOI
- 10.1093/geront/34.4.449
- PMID
- 7959100
- NLM abbreviation
- Gerontologist
- ISSN
- 0016-9013
- eISSN
- 1758-5341
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/1994
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984364399402771
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