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| Mortality, health services use, and health behavior in a cohort of well older adults | | Author(s) | Judith A Malmgren, Thomas D Koepsell, Diane P Martin |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp 51-59 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Good Health ; Death ; Health services ; Usage [services] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research has demonstrated the benefits of health promotion efforts in older adults, and good health behaviours have been associated with lower rates of mortality and reduced costs of health care. The aim of this study was to construct an evidence-based Good Health Behaviour score and examine the relationship between aggregate health behaviours, mortality, and health service utilisation in the last year of life in a cohort of 1867 well older adults. A baseline self-administered questionnaire was used to ascertain health behaviours in 1987-1988, and vital status was determined 4 years later. During the 4 years of follow-up, the mortality rate for the mid-level score group was 50% less, and in the highest score group was 70% less, than in the lowest score group. Among decedents, no significant differences were found between high and low Good Health Behaviour score groups for inpatient and outpatient utilisation, pharmacy use or total cost during the last year of life. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990305401 A |
| Classmark | CC: CD: CW: L: QLD: 3J: 7T |
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