Biomaterial Database

Using epidemiologic data to plan services for the elderly. 1988

A Ostfeld

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008019	Life Style	Typical way of life or manner of living characteristic of an individual or group. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed)	Lifestyle Factors,Life Style Induced Illness,Lifestyle,Factor, Lifestyle,Life Styles,Lifestyle Factor,Lifestyles
D008297	Male		Males
D009026	Mortality	All deaths reported in a given population.	CFR Case Fatality Rate,Crude Death Rate,Crude Mortality Rate,Death Rate,Age Specific Death Rate,Age-Specific Death Rate,Case Fatality Rate,Decline, Mortality,Determinants, Mortality,Differential Mortality,Excess Mortality,Mortality Decline,Mortality Determinants,Mortality Rate,Mortality, Differential,Mortality, Excess,Age-Specific Death Rates,Case Fatality Rates,Crude Death Rates,Crude Mortality Rates,Death Rate, Age-Specific,Death Rate, Crude,Death Rates,Determinant, Mortality,Differential Mortalities,Excess Mortalities,Mortalities,Mortality Declines,Mortality Determinant,Mortality Rate, Crude,Mortality Rates,Rate, Age-Specific Death,Rate, Case Fatality,Rate, Crude Death,Rate, Crude Mortality,Rate, Death,Rate, Mortality,Rates, Case Fatality
D009735	Nursing Homes	Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization.	Homes, Nursing,Nursing Home
D001741	Black or African American	A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.	African American,African Americans,African-American,Afro-American,Afro-Americans,Black Americans,Blacks,Negroes,African-Americans,Negro,Afro American,Afro Americans,American, African,American, Black,Black American
D003237	Connecticut	State bounded on the north by Massachusetts, on the east by Rhode Island, on the south by Long Island Sound, and on the west by New York.
D004185	Disability Evaluation	Determination of the degree of a physical, mental, or emotional handicap. The diagnosis is applied to legal qualification for benefits and income under disability insurance and to eligibility for Social Security and workmen's compensation benefits.	Disability Evaluations,Evaluation, Disability,Evaluations, Disability
D005260	Female		Females
D006285	Health Planning	Planning for needed health and/or welfare services and facilities.	Health and Welfare Planning,National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974,Planning, Health and Welfare,State Health Planning, United States,PL93-641,Public Law 93-641,Planning, Health,Public Law 93 641
D006299	Health Services for the Aged	Services for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the AGED and the maintenance of health in the ELDERLY.	Age-Friendly Health Care,Age-Friendly Health Services,Age-Friendly Health Systems,Geriatric Health Care,Geriatric Health Services,Geriatric Health Systems,Health Care for the Aged,Health Systems for the Aged,Health Services for Aged,Health Services for the Elderly,Health Services, Geriatric,Age Friendly Health Care,Age Friendly Health Services,Age Friendly Health Systems,Age-Friendly Health Cares,Age-Friendly Health Service,Age-Friendly Health System,Care, Age-Friendly Health,Care, Geriatric Health,Cares, Age-Friendly Health,Cares, Geriatric Health,Geriatric Health Cares,Geriatric Health Service,Geriatric Health System,Health Care, Age-Friendly,Health Care, Geriatric,Health Cares, Age-Friendly,Health Cares, Geriatric,Health Service, Age-Friendly,Health Service, Geriatric,Health Services, Age-Friendly,Health System, Age-Friendly,Health System, Geriatric,Health Systems, Age-Friendly,Health Systems, Geriatric,Service, Age-Friendly Health,Service, Geriatric Health,Services, Age-Friendly Health,Services, Geriatric Health,System, Age-Friendly Health,System, Geriatric Health,Systems, Age-Friendly Health,Systems, Geriatric Health