Estimating life expectancy in health and ill health by using a hidden markov model
(2009)
Journal Article
Van Den Hout, A., Jagger, C., & Matthews, F. E. (2009). Estimating life expectancy in health and ill health by using a hidden markov model. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 58(4), 449-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9876.2008.00659.x
Summary. Population studies with longitudinal follow-up and mortality information can be used to estimate transitions between healthy and unhealthy states before death. When health is defined with respect to cognitive ability during old age, the traj... Read More about Estimating life expectancy in health and ill health by using a hidden markov model.