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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1986
16. Reverse mortgage insurance would protect the lender just as conventional mortgage insurance does. However, the nature of the risk is quite different. In the latter case a borrower's death may make the loan a nonperforming one, while in the former the borrower's long life may put the lender at risk. 17. See Jacobs and Weissert, op.
James W. Vaupel, John M. Owen
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16. Reverse mortgage insurance would protect the lender just as conventional mortgage insurance does. However, the nature of the risk is quite different. In the latter case a borrower's death may make the loan a nonperforming one, while in the former the borrower's long life may put the lender at risk. 17. See Jacobs and Weissert, op.
James W. Vaupel, John M. Owen
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2013
Expert opinion on life expectancy must make reasonable factual assumptions, which entails finding a proper group to which the individual being assessed will be compared, as well as use of appropriate and reliable technical methods. Reasonable judgment should be exercised in the selection of the studies employed.
Francois Sestier, Pierre J. Vachon
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Expert opinion on life expectancy must make reasonable factual assumptions, which entails finding a proper group to which the individual being assessed will be compared, as well as use of appropriate and reliable technical methods. Reasonable judgment should be exercised in the selection of the studies employed.
Francois Sestier, Pierre J. Vachon
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Gender Medicine, 2012
A sexual dimorphism in human life expectancy has existed in almost every country for as long as records have been kept. Although human life expectancy has increased each year, females still live longer, on average, than males. Undoubtedly, the reasons for the sex gap in life expectancy are multifaceted, and it has been discussed from both sociological ...
Cheri L. McGowan +2 more
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A sexual dimorphism in human life expectancy has existed in almost every country for as long as records have been kept. Although human life expectancy has increased each year, females still live longer, on average, than males. Undoubtedly, the reasons for the sex gap in life expectancy are multifaceted, and it has been discussed from both sociological ...
Cheri L. McGowan +2 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1983
This study was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of forecasting functional health for the elderly. Using life-table techniques, we analyzed the expected remaining years of functional well-being, in terms of the activities of daily living, for noninstitutionalized elderly people living in Massachusetts in 1974.
Joseph A. Papsidero +5 more
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This study was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of forecasting functional health for the elderly. Using life-table techniques, we analyzed the expected remaining years of functional well-being, in terms of the activities of daily living, for noninstitutionalized elderly people living in Massachusetts in 1974.
Joseph A. Papsidero +5 more
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Declining Life Expectancy in the United States: The Need for Social Policy as Health Policy.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021Even before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic occurred, the US was mired in a 40-year population health crisis. Since 1980, life expectancy in the US has increasingly fallen behind that of peer countries, culminating in an unprecedented ...
Atheendar S. Venkataramani +2 more
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Inequalities in Life Expectancy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 Broad differences in life expectancy are observed across countries and socio-demographic groups. This paper reviews the evidence for Italy on the level and development of these inequalities and discusses the strength and possible determinants of the relationship between life expectancy and education.
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