Compression of Morbidity and Mortality: New Perspectives
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Compression of Morbidity and Mortality: New Perspectives.
Compression of morbidity is a reduction over time in the total lifetime days of chronic disability, reflecting a balance between (1) morbidity incidence rates and (2) case-continuance rates-generated by case-fatality and case-recovery rates. Chronic disability includes limitations in activities of daily living and cognitive impairment, which can be covered by long-term care insurance. Morbidity...
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عنوان ژورنال: North American Actuarial Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1092-0277,2325-0453
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2016.1227269