@article{121661,
  author = {Kimberly V. Smith and Noreen Goldman},
  title = {Measuring Health Status: Self-, Interviewer, and Physician Reports of Overall Health},
  abstract = { <b>Objective:</b>~This study examines and compares respondent, interviewer, and physician ratings of overall health.~<b>Method:</b>~Data are from the 2006 Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study, a nationally representative survey of older adults in Taiwan. Ordered probit models are used to examine factors associated with self- and external assessments of health and discordant health ratings.~<b>Results:</b>~Our results suggest similarities and differences in factors influencing health ratings across evaluators but a high level of interevaluator disagreement in ratings. Discrepancies in ratings between physicians and both respondents and interviewers are associated with the greater weight given to functional limitations and psychological well-being in interviewer and respondent ratings and to the importance of clinical measures or risk factors of illness and mortality in physician assessments.~<b>Discussion:</b>~Interviewer and physician assessments may be complementary to self-assessed health measures. The importance and implications of these findings for future research are discussed. },
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Journal of Aging and Health},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {242-266},
  url = {http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0898264310383421},
  language = {eng},
}