Self-Rated Health in Middle Age and Risk of Hospitalizations and Death: Recurrent Event Analysis of the ARIC Study.
Scott Z MuCaitlin W HicksNatalie R DayaRandi E ForakerAnna M Kucharska-NewtonPamela L LutseyJosef CoreshElizabeth SelvinPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)
Even after adjusting for demographic and clinical factors, having a less favorable response on a single measure of self-rated health taken in middle age is a potent marker of future hospitalizations and death.