The healthcare costs of sarcopenia in the United States
Article Abstract:
A study to estimate the healthcare costs of sarcopenia in the U.S. and to examine the effects of reduced sarcopenia prevalence on healthcare expenditures is given. The results propose that sarcopenia imposes a significant modifiable economic burden on government-reimbursed healthcare services in the U.S.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
United States, Care and treatment, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Muscle diseases, Muscular diseases
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Prevalence and correlates of functional disability in multiethnic elderly Singaporeans
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A study on Singaporean elderly and determining late-life functional disability, and its correlates such as sex and ethnic differences, is presented.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
Science & research, Singapore, Aged, Elderly, Research, Physiological aspects, Demographic aspects, Disability, Disabilities
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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