Session 176:
Methodological Issues in Health and Mortality
Chair: Ronny Westerman, University of Marburg
Discussant: Andrew Fenelon, Brown University
Explicating the Low Life Expectancy Ranking of the United States by Studying the Mortality History of Cohorts Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Johns Hopkins University
Multimorbidity Index as a Tool for Projection of Health and Mortality among U.S. Older Adults: Medicare-Based Analysis Igor Akushevich, Duke University ; Julia Kravchenko, Duke University ; Heather Whitson, Duke University ; Harvey J. Cohen, Duke University
Approaches to Modeling Self-Rated Health in Longitudinal Studies: Best Practices and Recommendations for Multilevel Models Isaac Sasson, University of Texas at Austin
Beyond "Best Practices": Waiting Times to Life Expectancy Improvements Sheila Xiao, University of California, Irvine ; Andrew Noymer, University of California, Irvine
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