Social and Medical Correlates of Survival Among Octogenarians: United Automobile Worker Retirees and Spanish-American War Veterans

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This is a report about correlates of longevity among two groups of octogenarian males—UAW retirees, from the automobile industry, and spancos, veterans from the spanish-american war. Reported data consist of a panel-survey interview study before and after implementation of broader health benefit program in michigan for 1366 randomly selected UAW retirees and a nationwide interview survey study for 1913 randomly selected spancos. One major finding is that for both very aged groups social background and style of life variables have minimal importance in predicting survival over a 1-year follow-up period. Another major finding is that medical care utilization was greater among decedents than survivors 1 year prior to broader health benefit programs provided UAW retirees, and that hospitalized care was especially greater for these decedents during the first year of the new health programs.

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