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Editor's choice Disability Trajectories at the End of Life: A "Countdown" Model

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  • Douglas A. Wolf
  • Vicki A. Freedman
  • Jan I. Ondrich
  • Christopher L. Seplaki
  • Brenda C. Spillman

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Objectives. Studies of late-life disablement typically address the role of advancing age as a factor in developing disability, and in some cases have pointed out the importance of time to death (TTD) in understanding changes in functioning. However, few studies have addressed both factors simultaneously, and none have dealt satisfactorily with the problem of missing data on TTD in panel studies.

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  • Douglas A. Wolf & Vicki A. Freedman & Jan I. Ondrich & Christopher L. Seplaki & Brenda C. Spillman, 2015. "Editor's choice Disability Trajectories at the End of Life: A "Countdown" Model," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 70(5), pages 745-752.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:70:y:2015:i:5:p:745-752.
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    1. Miles G. Taylor & Scott M. Lynch, 2011. "Cohort Differences and Chronic Disease Profiles of Differential Disability Trajectories," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 66(6), pages 729-738.
    2. Yang Yang & Linda C. Lee, 2010. "Dynamics and Heterogeneity in the Process of Human Frailty and Aging: Evidence From the U.S. Older Adult Population," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 65(2), pages 246-255.
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    2. Linda G. Martin & Zachary Zimmer & Jinkook Lee, 2017. "Foundations of Activity of Daily Living Trajectories of Older Americans," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 72(1), pages 129-139.

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