With better medical care, people are living longer. While some are enjoying a better quality of life for longer than in past times, the number of people needing assistance in their later years is growing rapidly. According to theUnited Nations, “Globally, the population aged 65 and over is...
An estimated 80–85 percent of people over age 65 have at least one chronic illness, and nearly one-half of older people report that chronic illness limits their activity to some degree. Altogether, about one-third of the population over 65 may need some kind of medical or social assistance...
There is also a noticeable swelling number of elderly as a result from the increased quality of life; this requires the epidemiology and healthcare system to adjust to match the aging population’s needs. Many of those in the senior population rely on health insurance, such as Medicare and ...
Previous literature has shown that Sirota monotherapy is effective in improving the quality of life of elderly patients with advanced colorectal cancer [43, 44]. Moreover, the PYLL and DALY top five-digit cancers in all age groups were the same as the overall top five-digit cancers, but in...
life expectancy were mainly due to a fall in infant and child mortality related to improvements in nutrition and public health that notably reduced the incidence of infectious diseases. Conversely, improvements in life expectancy after the 1970s began to be concentrated in those aged over 55, ...
In this study, we investigated the association between cognitive function and antihypertensive medication adherence among elderly hypertensive patients using the Korean National Health Insurance Service National Sample Cohort Data of the Elderly Cohort. The study included 20,071 elderly hypertensive patients ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life and consultation rates of Chinese elderly patients with unrecognised psychological problems in primary care. The prevalence and risk factors of unrecognised psychological problems were also determined.Cindy L. K. Lam...
and 6 months. All-cause mortality and readmission rates in frail patients increased over time, with a peak period of six months after surgery. Conversely, pre-frail patients returned to hospital for emergency and readmission rates are higher within one month after surgery. Surprisingly, the deterio...
Deaths of young, healthy people contribute far more quality-adjusted life-years lost than deaths in elderly individuals with pre-existing morbidity. Knowledge of COVID-19 mortality rates for people <65 years old at the population level can help guide different management strategies for the pandemic...
[34] For the cost-effectiveness analysis the difference in total costs between the intervention and usual care group are compared with the difference over 18 months in improvement of quality of life, reduced institutionalization, hospitalization and mortality. In addition, a cost-utility analysis will...