4122.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
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| Learning Objectives: 1) To understand issues in assessing health of older adults. 2) To become familiar with specific health assessment tools. 3) To identify methodological problems in design of these instruments | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| James G. Zimmer, MD | ||||
| Assessing the Health of Older Adults in Los Angeles County Cheryl Wold, MPH, Daniel Magana, MPH, Amy Paturel, MS, MPH | ||||
| Tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and validity of the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey John E. Ware Jr, PhD, Barbara L. Gandek, MS, Mark R. Kosinski, MA, James M. McCarthy, MHSA, Lori A. Andersen, MS, Jessica A. Corrigan, Samuel C. Haffer, PhD | ||||
| Older Americans: Key Indicators of Well-Being---Findings from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics Andrea L. Pernack, MPH, Kristen N. Robinson, PhD | ||||
| Assessing the physical and mental functioning of the elderly in North Carolina: Results from the Health Outcomes Survey Louise M. Henderson, MSPH, Anna P. Schenck, MSPH, PhD, Deborah L. Nicholas, BS | ||||
| Health of the elderly: where are there disparities? Phyllis D Sims, MS, May R Yamate, MS, Jean Slosek, MS | ||||
| Reliability of the SF-36 using proxy measurement in the geriatric population: preliminary results Thomas E. Wasser, PhD | ||||
| Sponsor: | Gerontological Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | Chiropractic Health Care; Epidemiology; Health Administration; Social Work | |||