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Predicting mortality with biomarkers: a population-based prospective cohort study for elderly Costa Ricans 

Rosero Bixby, Luis; Dow, William H. (Population Health Metrics 10(1), 2012)
Background: Little is known about adult health and mortality relationships outside high-income nations, partly because few datasets have contained biomarker data in representative populations. Our objective is to ...
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Epidemiología descriptiva del cáncer de mama y del cuello de útero en Costa Rica 

Rosero Bixby, Luis; Grimaldo Vásquez, Carmen (1987-05)
Se estudia la mortalidad e incidencia del cáncer de mama y cuello útero en Costa Rica y se las compara con datos de mujeres blancas de los Estados Unidos de América. La mortalidad por cáncer de mama en Costa Rica muestra ...
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Predicting Survival from Telomere Length versus Conventional Predictors: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study 

Glei, Dana; Risques, Rosa Ana; Rehkopf, David H.; Dow, William H.; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Weinstein, Maxine; Goldman, Noreen (2016-04)
Telomere length has generated substantial interest as a potential predictor of aging- related diseases and mortality. Some studies have reported significant associations, but few have tested its ability to discriminate ...
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Self-reported versus performance-based measures of physical function: prognostic value for survival 

Glei, Dana; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Chiou, Shu-Ti; Weinstein, Maxine; Goldman, Noreen (2014)
Background: Although previous studies have indicated that performance assessments strongly predict future survival, few have evaluated the incremental value in the presence of controls for self-reported activity and mobility ...
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Uso de las estadísticas vitales de mortalidad para evaluar el impacto de la reforma del sector de la salud en las localidades de Costa Rica 

Rosero Bixby, Luis (2009)
La reforma del sector de la salud en Costa Rica, iniciada en 1995, no se llevó a cabo al mismo tiempo en todas las comunidades del país, sino que se aplicó paulatinamente en una especie de experimento natural, lo que ...
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Exploring why Costa Rica outperforms the United States in life expectancy: A tale of two inequality gradients 

Rosero Bixby, Luis; Dow, William H. (2016)
Mortality in the United States is 18% higher than in Costa Rica among adult men and 10% higher among middle-aged women, despite the several times higher income and health expenditures of the United States. This comparison ...

Spatial access to health care in Costa Rica and its equity: a GIS-based study 

Rosero Bixby, Luis (2004-04)
This study assembles a geographic information system (GIS) to relate the 2000 census population (demand) with an inventory of health facilities (supply). It assesses the equity in access to health care by Costa Ricans and ...
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Disease and weight loss: a prospective study of middle-aged and older adults in Costa Rica and England 

Blue, Laura; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Goldman, Noreen (2015)
Objective. To determine whether disease predicts weight loss in population-based studies, as this may confound the relationship between weight and mortality. Materials and methods. We used longitudinal data from the Costa ...
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Altitude and regional gradients in chronic kidney disease prevalence in Costa Rica: Data from the Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study 

Harhay, Meera N.; Harhay, Michael O.; Coto Yglesias, Fernando; Rosero Bixby, Luis (2016-01)
Objectives Recent studies in Central America indicate that mortality attributable to chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising rapidly. We sought to determine the prevalence and regional variation of CKD and the relationship ...
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Effects of Self-Rated Health and Self-Rated Economic Situation on Depressed Mood Via Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Costa Rica 

Reyes Fernández, Benjamín; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Koivumaa Honkanen, Heli (2015)
Objective: The study examined the relationship of self-rated health and self-rated economic situation with depressed mood, and life satisfaction as mediator of this relationship among older adults in Costa Rica. Method: A ...
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