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Aged and Dependency Ratios among Autism, Intellectual Disability and Other Disabilities: 10-Year Trend Analysis
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Lan-Ping; Sung, Chang-Lin; Wu, Jia-Ling – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Dependency ratios are useful as general indicators of future economic and social health. The present paper focuses on the description of dependency ratios and over time change in different kind of disability which include autism, intellectual disability, vision, hearing, and limb impairments. We analyzed data mainly from the public web-access…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Older Adults, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries
Comparison of Outpatient Services between Elderly People with Intellectual Disabilities and the General Elderly Population in Taiwan
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Hsu, Shang-Wei; Lin, Jin-Ding; Chiang, Po-Huang; Chang, Yu-Chia; Tung, Ho-Jui – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study aims to analyze the ambulatory visit frequency and medical expenditures of the general elderly population versus the elderly with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan, while examining the effects of age, gender, urbanization and copayment status on ambulatory utilization. A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze data from 103,183…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Mental Retardation, Health Insurance, Older Adults
Long Term Trend Analysis of Geographical Disparity in Aging and Disability: Taiwanese Population Approach
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Chen, Yong-Chen; Chou, Yu-Ching; Lin, Lan-Ping; Wu, Chia-Ling; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Purposes of the present paper were to describe the overtime change of disability prevalence among the elderly (65 years and older), and to analyze the geographic disparity of the disability prevalence during the year 2000-2010 in Taiwan. Study data mainly come from two public web-access information: (1) The physically and mentally disabled…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Incidence, Older Adults, Trend Analysis
Early Onset Ageing and Service Preparation in People with Intellectual Disabilities: Institutional Managers' Perspective
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Wu, Chia-Ling; Lin, Pei-Ying; Lin, Lan-Ping; Chu, Cordia M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Although longevity among older adults with intellectual disabilities is increasing, there is limited information on their premature aging related health characteristics and how it may change with increasing age. The present paper provides information of the institutional manager's perception on early onset aging and service preparation for this…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Medical Services, Mental Retardation, Caregivers
Patterns of Obesity among Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities in Taiwan
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Yen, Chia-Feng; Li, Chi-Wei; Wu, Jia-Ling – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: Obesity and the health problems associated with it have substantial economic consequences for health care systems. Little information is available concerning obesity-related problems among people with intellectual disabilities. The aims of this study were to analyse patterns of obesity among children and adolescents with intellectual…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Severity (of Disability), Obesity, Body Composition