Transitions of disability, disability-free life expectancy and health insurance among adults aged 50 and older in Mexico: a multistate life table analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyse the transitions of disability onset and recovery, estimate life expectancy (LE) with and without disability and explore the relation between insurance and disability patterns in the population aged 50+ in Mexico.

Design

Multistate life table analysis of data from a longitudinal cohort survey.

Setting

Data came from the Mexican Health and Aging Study, a longitudinal and representative survey of older adults in Mexico.

Participants

10 651 individuals aged 50+ interviewed in 2012 and 2015, including those who died between waves.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Disability is measured using the activities of daily living (ADL) scale. Transition rates between disability free, ADL disabled and death were employed to estimate total l

SUBMITTER: Cabrero Castro JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8344280 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature