Lines of evidence from several studies have shown that increases in life expectancy are now
accompanied by increased disability rate. The expanded lifespan of the aging population …

If the pace of increase in life expectancy in developed countries over the past two centuries
continues through the 21st century, most babies born since 2000 in France, Germany, Italy …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to challenge service researchers to design for service
inclusion, with an overall goal of achieving inclusion by 2050. The authors present service …

Objective. This paper reviews trends in mortality and morbidity to evaluate whether there has
been a compression of morbidity. Methods. Review of recent research and analysis of recent …

Forecasts of life expectancy are an important component of public policy that influence age-
based entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Although the Social …

Between 1984 and 2001, the share of nonelderly adults receiving Social Security Disability
Insurance income (DI) rose by 60 percent to 5.3 million beneficiaries. Rapid program growth …

In 1996 the US severely restricted public support for low income people, ending “welfare as
we know it.” This led to dramatic increases in medicalized forms of support for indigent …

Virtually all social science research related to obesity studies a person's body mass index
(BMI). Yet there is wide agreement in the medical literature that BMI is seriously flawed …

Recent scientific advances suggest that slowing the aging process (senescence) is now a
realistic goal. Yet most medical research remains focused on combating individual diseases …

Introduction Many employers focus on their large and easily measured cost of health care,
yet until recently they have ignored the impact of health on productivity. Studies of some …