A Markov Chain Model for the Dynamics of Cognitive Decline in an Elderly USA Population Using Data from the Health and Retirement Study

Using ten waves of the longitudinal data in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we built a Markov chain to describe the dynamics of cognitive decline in an USA elderly population. The cognitive states are defined in terms of thresholds of a composite of four cognition tests in HRS scaled to produ...

The International Journal of Aging and Society

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