A comparison of health expectancies over two decades in England: results of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study I and II -

A comparison of health expectancies over two decades in England: results of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study I and II
Information type: Other primary research
Source: Lancet Public Health
Specialities: Later life | Neurological disorders
Summary
Although years free of ill health have increased over past 2 decades, absolute reduction was observed only for cognitive impairment. There was relative increase in proportion of life spent healthy, and dynamic equilibrium of disability (less severe increasing but more severe not)
UKMi comment
An editorial notes that this study has documented important gains in health expectancies but the data do not support complacency in public policy, which must consider how health expectancy as, for example, disability prevalence, plays out against a background of an increasing number of older adults.
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