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Gesundheit im Alter: Stand der Forschung und methodische Herausforderungen

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Kenntnisse zur Gesundheit im Alter, insbesondere zu gesundheitlichen Ungleichheiten und der Entwicklung von Gesundheit über die Lebensspanne, sind von zentraler Bedeutung für die Akteure der Gesundheitsversorgung, die angesichts der demografischen Entwicklung mit der Herausforderung einer adäquaten Behandlung der steigenden Zahl älterer Personen konfrontiert sind. Dieses Kapitel gibt einen Überblick über den Stand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Gesundheitsforschung im Hinblick auf theoretische Perspektiven und aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zur Gesundheit im Alter. Daraufhin werden ausgewählte methodische Herausforderungen der quantitativ-empirischen Altersforschung diskutiert. Das Kapitel schließt mit einem Fazit zu weiterem Forschungsbedarf.

Dieser Beitrag ist eine gekürzte und aktualisierte Fassung von Brandt et al. (2016).

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  1. Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Wien, Österreich

    Patrick Lazarevič

  2. Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Deutschland

    Alina Schmitz & Martina Brandt

  3. Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR), Bonn, Deutschland

    Judith Kaschowitz

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Lazarevič, P., Schmitz, A., Brandt, M., Kaschowitz, J. (2023). Gesundheit im Alter: Stand der Forschung und methodische Herausforderungen. In: Strauß, B., Spitzer, C. (eds) Psychotherapeuten und das Altern. Psychotherapie: Praxis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65228-2_3

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