Recovery and survival from aging-associated diseases.
dc.contributor.author | Akushevich, Igor | |
dc.contributor.author | Kravchenko, Julia | |
dc.contributor.author | Ukraintseva, Svetlana | |
dc.contributor.author | Arbeev, Konstantin | |
dc.contributor.author | Yashin, Anatoliy I | |
dc.coverage.spatial | England | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-06T14:34:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-06T14:34:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES: Considering disease incidence to be a main contributor to healthy lifespan of the US elderly population may lead to erroneous conclusions when recovery/long-term remission factors are underestimated. Using two Medicare-based population datasets, we investigated the properties of recovery from eleven age-related diseases. METHODS: Cohorts of patients who stopped visiting doctors during a five-year follow-up since disease onset were analyzed non-parametrically and using the Cox proportional hazard model resulted in estimated recovery and survival rates and evaluated the health state of recovered individuals by comparing their survival with non-recovered patients and the general population. RESULTS: Recovered individuals had lower death rates than non-recovered patients, therefore, patients who stopped visiting doctors are a healthier subcohort. However, they had higher death rates than in general population for all considered diseases, therefore the complete recovery does not occur. CONCLUSION: Properties of recovery/long-term remission among the US population of older adults with chronic diseases were uncovered and evaluated. The results allow for a better quantifiable contribution of age-related diseases to healthy life expectancy and improving forecasts of health and mortality. | |
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dc.identifier | S0531-5565(13)00190-3 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1873-6815 | |
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dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Exp Gerontol | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1016/j.exger.2013.05.056 | |
dc.subject | Chronic disease onset | |
dc.subject | Long-term remission | |
dc.subject | Medicare | |
dc.subject | Population-based analysis | |
dc.subject | Recovery | |
dc.subject | Age Factors | |
dc.subject | Aged | |
dc.subject | Aged, 80 and over | |
dc.subject | Cohort Studies | |
dc.subject | Coronary Disease | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Follow-Up Studies | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Kaplan-Meier Estimate | |
dc.subject | Longitudinal Studies | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Medicare | |
dc.subject | Mortality | |
dc.subject | Neoplasms | |
dc.subject | Proportional Hazards Models | |
dc.subject | Recovery of Function | |
dc.subject | Stroke | |
dc.subject | Survival Rate | |
dc.subject | United States | |
dc.title | Recovery and survival from aging-associated diseases. | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
duke.contributor.orcid | Arbeev, Konstantin|0000-0002-4195-7832 | |
pubs.author-url | ||
pubs.begin-page | 824 | |
pubs.end-page | 830 | |
pubs.issue | 8 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Center for Population Health & Aging | |
pubs.organisational-group | Clinical Science Departments | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke Cancer Institute | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke Population Research Center | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke Population Research Institute | |
pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Centers | |
pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
pubs.organisational-group | Physics | |
pubs.organisational-group | Sanford School of Public Policy | |
pubs.organisational-group | School of Medicine | |
pubs.organisational-group | Social Science Research Institute | |
pubs.organisational-group | Staff | |
pubs.organisational-group | Surgery | |
pubs.organisational-group | Surgery, Surgical Sciences | |
pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
pubs.organisational-group | University Institutes and Centers | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.volume | 48 |
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