% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{DoblhammerReiter:164807, author = {Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele and Kytir, Josef}, title = {{C}ompression or expansion of morbidity? {T}rends in healthy-life expectancy in the elderly {A}ustrian population between 1978 and 1998}, journal = {Social science $\&$ medicine}, volume = {52}, number = {3}, issn = {0037-7856}, address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]}, publisher = {Elsevier}, reportid = {DZNE-2022-01258}, pages = {Pages 385 - 391}, year = {2001}, note = {ISSN 0277-9536 not unique: **2 hits**.}, abstract = {The aim of our study is to test the theories of compression or expansion of morbidity on the basis of data on the elderly population of Austria. Our data come from four microcensus surveys for the years 1978, 1983, 1991, and 1998. We use self-perceived health ratings to calculate healthy-life expectancy for the elderly population aged 60–89. Because our data are based on four cross-sectional surveys, we devote the first part of the paper to the consequences of possible sampling and non-sampling errors in our analysis of time trends. We come to the conclusion that, although the absolute number of years lived in good health may be overestimated, the time trend in healthy-life expectancy over the 20 years most probably is unbiased. The second part of the paper describes trends in healthy-life expectancy for the Austrian population. Our results suggest that both healthy-life expectancy and the ratio of healthy years to life expectancy increased between 1978 and 1998. Thus, in Austria ill health seems to be more and more compressed into the later years of life. Contrary to Fries’s hypothesis, however, life expectancy does not seem to be approaching a maximum average life span in Austria, as mortality rates at older ages have been continuously decreasing over the last 20 years.}, subtyp = {Review Article}, ddc = {300}, pnm = {354 - Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging (POF4-354) / 345 - Population Studies and Genetics (POF3-345)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-354 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-345}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, doi = {10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00141-6}, url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/164807}, }