Title Improving the measurement of late-life disability in population surveys : beyond ADLs and IADLs : summary of a workshop / Gooloo S. Wunderlich, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics ; Committee on Population ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 165 pages) : illustrations Contents FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Challenges to Improving Measurement of Late-Life Functioning and Disability -- 3 Potential Methods for Revising Measures to Foster Comparability Across Subgroups -- 4 Improving the Validity of Cross-Population Comparisons -- 5 Measuring Functioning and Disability in Context -- 6 Research and Development Toward Improved Measures of Late-Life Disability -- References -- Appendix A: Population Survey Measures of Functioning: Strengths and Weaknesses -- Barbara M. Altman Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and PresentersAppendix C: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members -- Committee on Population -- Committee on National Statistics Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Disability evaluation. Health surveys -- Methodology -- Evaluation Disability Evaluation MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment. MEDICAL -- Epidemiology. Disability evaluation Form Electronic book Author Wunderlich, Gooloo S. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics. ISBN 0309143721 9780309143721

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