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Morbidity status and changes in difficulty in activities of daily living among older adults in India: A panel data analysis.

Priyanka PatelT MuhammadHarihar Sahoo
Published in: PloS one (2022)
The findings suggest that the risk of onset of functional difficulty is higher among older individuals with single and multiple morbidities compared to their healthy counterparts. It is also found that functional difficulty increased with age and was more prevalent in older women and rural residents, suggesting the need for appropriate policy interventions with special focus on the vulnerable senior adults.
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