Felix Elwert

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Affiliation: University of Wisconsin
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The effect of widowhood on mortality by the causes of death of both spouses
    Felix Elwert
    Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:2092-8. 2008
  2. ncbi Wives and ex-wives: a new test for homogamy bias in the widowhood effect
    Felix Elwert
    Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Demography 45:851-73. 2008
  3. ncbi Population versus individual level causal effects
    Felix Elwert
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 31:432-4; discussion 435-8. 2002
  4. ncbi Geographic variation in hospice use in the United States in 2002
    Stephen R Connor
    National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 34:277-85. 2007
  5. ncbi Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: the modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals
    S V Subramanian
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
    Soc Sci Med 66:873-84. 2008

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Publications5

  1. ncbi The effect of widowhood on mortality by the causes of death of both spouses
    Felix Elwert
    Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:2092-8. 2008
    ..We investigated the effect of spousal bereavement on mortality to document cause-specific bereavement effects by the causes of death of both the predecedent spouse and the bereaved partner...
  2. ncbi Wives and ex-wives: a new test for homogamy bias in the widowhood effect
    Felix Elwert
    Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Demography 45:851-73. 2008
    ..These results strengthen the causal interpretation of the widowhood effect by suggesting that the widowhood effect is not due to homogamy bias to any substantial degree...
  3. ncbi Population versus individual level causal effects
    Felix Elwert
    Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 31:432-4; discussion 435-8. 2002
  4. ncbi Geographic variation in hospice use in the United States in 2002
    Stephen R Connor
    National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 34:277-85. 2007
    ..State-specific usage rates ranged from 8% in Alaska to 49% in Arizona. Our findings highlight opportunities for the hospice industry to provide more care, opportunities defined by diagnostic and geographic axes...
  5. ncbi Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: the modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals
    S V Subramanian
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
    Soc Sci Med 66:873-84. 2008
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