Health status of the advanced elderly in six European countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12.

Hans-Helmut König; Dirk Heider; Thomas Lehnert; Steffi G Riedel-Heller; Matthias C Angermeyer; Herbert Matschinger; Gemma Vilagut; Ronny Bruffaerts; Josep M Haro; Giovanni de Girolamo; Ron de Graaf; Viviane Kovess; Jordi Alonso

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-8-143

Health status of the advanced elderly in six European countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12.

Hans-Helmut König
Dirk Heider
Thomas Lehnert
Steffi G Riedel-Heller
Matthias C Angermeyer
Herbert Matschinger
Gemma Vilagut
Ronny Bruffaerts
Josep M Haro
Giovanni de Girolamo
Ron de Graaf
Viviane Kovess
Jordi Alonso

Abstract

Due to demographic change, the advanced elderly represent the fastest growing population group in Europe. Health problems tend to be frequent and increasing with age within this cohort.

Bibliographical data

Original language	German
ISSN	1477-7525
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-8-143
Publication status	Published - 2010

pubmed	21114833