Search Results - "Mayhew, Les"

Waist-to-height ratio is more predictive of years of life lost than body mass index by Ashwell, Margaret, Mayhew, Les, Richardson, Jon, Rickayzen, Ben

“…Our aim was to compare the effect of central obesity (measured by waist-to-height ratio, WHtR) and total obesity (measured by body mass index, BMI) on life…”
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Impact of asthma on educational attainment in a socioeconomically deprived population: a study linking health, education and social care datasets by Sturdy, Pat, Bremner, Stephen, Harper, Gill, Mayhew, Les, Eldridge, Sandra, Eversley, John, Sheikh, Aziz, Hunter, Susan, Boomla, Kambiz, Feder, Gene, Prescott, Keith, Griffiths, Chris

“…Asthma has the potential to adversely affect children's school examination performance, and hence longer term life chances. Asthma morbidity is especially high…”
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Optimizing the benefits of urban road user charging by Hyman, Geoffrey, Mayhew, Les

“…Traffic congestion is a feature of most modern cities but attempts to control it or limit its effects have met with only modest success. There is significant…”
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An Investigation into Inequalities in Adult Lifespan by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David

“…People in the United Kingdom are living longer than ever but the gap between the shortest and longest lived appears to be increasing. Based on data from the…”
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On the decomposition of life expectancy and limits to life by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David

“…Life expectancy is a measure of how long people are expected to live and is widely used as a measure of human development. Variations in the measure reflect…”
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Means Testing Adult Social Care in England by Mayhew, Les

“…With the number of U.K. citizens aged 75 and over doubling to 10 million by 2040, social care funding remains a key policy challenge. The Care Act 2014…”
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On the effectiveness of care co-ordination services aimed at preventing hospital admissions and emergency attendances by Mayhew, Les

“…Finding alternatives to hospital admissions for older people and helping them to live for as long as possible in their own homes is a key objective of UK…”
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Gender Convergence in Human Survival and the Postponement of Death by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David

“…It has been a long-accepted demographic maxim that females outlive males. Using data for England and Wales, we show that life expectancy at age 30 is…”
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Using Administrative Data to Count and Classify Households with Local Applications by Harper, Gillian, Mayhew, Les

“…Households rather than individuals are being increasingly used for research and to target and evaluate public policy. As a result accurate and timely household…”
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Flexible and Affordable Methods of Paying for Long-Term Care Insurance by Mayhew, Les, Rickayzen, Ben, Smith, David

“…With the expected dramatic increase in the number of older people requiring care, and the tightening of public funding, individuals will be increasingly…”
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A new method of projecting populations based on trends in life expectancy and survival by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David

“…There is increasing concern about the lack of accuracy in population projections at national levels. A common problem has been the systematic underestimation…”
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Personal Care Savings Bonds: A New Way of Saving Towards Social Care in Later Life by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David

“…An ageing population ushers in a completely new era requiring society to find new solutions to funding social care and looking after older people. This is not…”
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Role of Private Finance in Paying for Long Term Care by Mayhew, Les, Karlsson, Martin, Rickayzen, Ben

“…An ageing population and increased longevity means that long term care will become progressively more expensive. In 2009 the Government published a Green Paper…”
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The effect of longevity drift and investment volatility on income sufficiency in retirement by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David, Wright, Douglas

“…In 2014 the Government announced radical proposals which now allow people to withdraw money from their pension pot from age 55, ‘how they want, subject to…”
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Open: Personal Care Savings Bonds: A New Way of Saving Towards Social Care in Later Life by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David

“…An ageing population ushers in a completely new era requiring society to find new solutions to funding social care and looking after older people. This is not…”
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The great health challenge: levelling up the U.K by Mayhew, Les, Chan, Mei Sum, Cairns, Andrew J. G.

“…Around the world, there are persistent and growing health inequalities both between and within countries. The U.K. Government’s flagship policy for addressing…”
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Using Administrative Data to Count Local Populations by Harper, Gillian, Mayhew, Les

“…There is growing evidence that official population statistics based on the decennial census are inaccurate at the local authority level—the fundamental…”
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Applications of Population Counts Based on Administrative Data at Local Level by Harper, Gillian, Mayhew, Les

“…The House of Commons Treasury Committee (2008) identified the three main purposes of population statistics as resource allocation, population ratios and local…”
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On The Sustainability of the UK State Pension System in the Light of Population Ageing and Declining Fertility by Blake, David, Mayhew, Les

“…As a result of population ageing and declining fertility, the UK state pension system is unlikely to continue to be able to deliver the current level of…”
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Paying for Care Costs in Later Life Using the Value in People's Homes by Mayhew, Les, Smith, David, O'Leary, Duncan

“…With the number of U.K. citizens aged 75+ doubling to 10 million by 2040, and with 1.3 million people already receiving social care services in England alone,…”
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