Issue 4/2008
Content (8 Articles)
Original Investigation
Trends in health expectancy at age 65 for various health indicators, 1987–2005, Denmark
Bernard Jeune, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen
Original Investigation
Trends in disability-free life expectancy at age 65 in France: consistent and diverging patterns according to the underlying disability measure
Emmanuelle Cambois, Aurore Clavel, Isabelle Romieu, Jean-Marie Robine
Original Investigation
Functional ability in the elderly Swedish population from 1980 to 2005
Marti G. Parker, Pär Schön, Mårten Lagergren, Mats Thorslund
Original Investigation
Unhealthy lifestyles among older adults: exploring transitions in Mexico and the US
Rebeca Wong, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Kathryn Yount, Emily M. Agree
Original Investigation
Comparison of self-rated health in older people of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tampere, Finland: how sensitive is SRH to cross-cultural factors?
Merja Vuorisalmi, Ilkka Pietilä, Pertti Pohjolainen, Marja Jylhä
Original Investigation
Determinants of home-based formal help in community-dwelling older people in Finland
Jenni Blomgren, Pekka Martikainen, Tuija Martelin, Seppo Koskinen
Original Investigation
Care utilisation in the last years of life in relation to age and time to death: results from a Swedish urban population of the oldest old
Kristina Larsson, Ingemar Kåreholt, Mats Thorslund