Do disability pensioners have a higher mortality rate than non-pensioners? Adjusting for potential confounding: a commentary on Hult, Stattin, Janlert and Järvholm

Soc Sci Med. 2010 May;70(10):1487-8; discussion 1489-91. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.047. Epub 2010 Feb 23.

Authors

Thorne Wallman¹, Kurt Svärdsudd

Affiliation

¹ Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Uppsala University, Box 524, Uppsala, Sweden. thorne.wallman@pubcare.uu.se

PMID: 20303203
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.047

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Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Bias
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Disabled Persons / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Mortality*
Pensions / statistics & numerical data
Retirement / statistics & numerical data*