The Impact of Dementia and Sex on the Disablement in the Elderly

P. Barberger-Gateau, V. Bagdonavičius (), M. Nikulin () and O. Zdorova-Cheminade
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P. Barberger-Gateau: Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, IFR 99 Santé Publique
V. Bagdonavičius: Vilnius University, Department of Mathematical Statistics
M. Nikulin: Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, IFR 99 Santé Publique
O. Zdorova-Cheminade: Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, IFR 99 Santé Publique

A chapter in Probability, Statistics and Modelling in Public Health, 2006, pp 37-52 from Springer

Abstract: Summary The paper considers the analysis of disablement process of the elderly using the general path model with noise. The impact of dementia and sex on degradation is analysed. These joint model for survival and longitudinal data is discussed.

Keywords: aging; censored data; conjoint model; degradation process; dementia; disability; failure; elderly; noise; path model; Wulfsohn-Tsiatis model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-26023-4_4

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