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Compression of morbidity
— in retrospect and in prospect | | Author(s) | James F Fries |
| Corporate Author | Alliance for Health & the Future, International Longevity Centre |
| Journal title | Issue Brief, vol 2, number 2, 2005 |
| Publisher | Alliance for Health & the Future, Paris, 2005 |
| Pages | 6 pp |
| Source | Download from publications at website: http://ns1.siteground169.com/~healthan/healthandfu... |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Chronic illness ; Longevity ; Theory. |
| Annotation | The author proposed his Compression of Morbidity hypothesis in 1980, which states that by postponing the age at which chronic infirmity begins, disability and morbidity could be compressed into a shorter period of the average human life span. He foresaw a society in which active and vital years of life would increase in length, the disabilities and frailties of ageing would be postponed, and the total amount of lifetime disability and morbidity would increase. The author considers his hypothesis in the light of subsequent studies, and suggests future research to inform health policy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080306212 P |
| Classmark | CH: CI: BGA: 4D |
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