Health Among the Elderly in Germany
New Evidence on Disease, Disability and Care Need
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Contributor(s)
Doblhammer, Gabriele (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Whether increasing life expectancy leads to better health remains still controversial. Three topics are explored: (1) vanguard groups which inform about possible levels of health if the general social and environmental conditions were to approach those of the vanguard group; (2) the social and behavioral determinants of health differentiated into proximal and distal factors; (3) vulnerable groups such as migrants and the health differences between migrant groups. Newly available population-based data as well as new study designs and advanced statistical modelling form the basis for the empirical analyses.
Keywords
Health differences Causality Risk groups; Aachen; Bremen; Dementia; Dresden; Düsseldorf; Erfurt; Germany; Hamburg; Saarbrücken; StuttgartDOI
10.3224/84740606ISBN
9783847406068Publisher
Verlag Barbara BudrichPublisher website
http://www.budrich-academic.com/en/barbara-budrich-publishers/Publication date and place
2014Series
Beitrage zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft,Classification
Society and culture: general