An analysis of factors related to disability-free life expectancy at 65 years of age across Japanese prefectures in 2010.
Compared to the large volume of research focused on mortality differentials within Japan, relatively little is known about regional variations in health expectancy, particularly among older people. This article has two interrelated objectives. The first objective is to estimate prefecture-specific d...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 15 - 23 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=128333020&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 128333020 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16139372 3RAL jtl: European Journal of Ageing issn: 16139372 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2018 vid: 15 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 128333020 10.1007/s10433-017-0433-4 ppf: 15 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 354KB tig: atl: An analysis of factors related to disability-free life expectancy at 65 years of age across Japanese prefectures in 2010. aug: au: Minagawa, Yuka Saito, Yasuhiko affil: Sophia University, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan su: Japan Employment Health insurance Life expectancy People with disabilities Public welfare Socioeconomic factors Executives Factor analysis sug: subj: Employment Health insurance Life expectancy People with disabilities Public welfare Socioeconomic factors Japan Direct group life, health and medical insurance carriers Direct individual life, health and medical insurance carriers Health and Welfare Funds Other Individual and Family Services Emergency and Other Relief Services Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs) Executives Factor analysis keyword: Disability Disability-free life expectancy Mortality Disability Disability-free life expectancy Mortality ab: Compared to the large volume of research focused on mortality differentials within Japan, relatively little is known about regional variations in health expectancy, particularly among older people. This article has two interrelated objectives. The first objective is to estimate prefecture-specific disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) at 65 years of age in 2010. DFLE at 65 by gender and prefecture was computed using the Sullivan method, which was applied to prefecture-specific life tables and prevalence of disability from <italic>Kokumin Seikatsu Kiso Chosa</italic> (Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions) of 2010. The second objective is to investigate macro-level factors associated with DFLE at 65 across 47 Japanese prefectures. Our results indicate regional disparities in DFLE at older ages. Importantly, we note close relationships between a prefecture’s wealth, labor, and welfare characteristics and DFLE at 65. Income per capita, the proportion of workers older than 65, and welfare expenditures are positively related to DFLE, whereas unemployment and long-term care insurance expenditures per-capita are inversely associated with DFLE for both genders. The proportion of older adults relying on public assistance is negatively related only to women’s DFLE. These results suggest that narrowing socioeconomic disparities may contribute to the health of Japanese elders. Reducing regional health disparities therefore requires policy makers to take into account the broader socioeconomic conditions of each prefecture. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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