Using longitudinal data from a representative UK panel, we focus on a group of apparently healthy individuals with no history of disability or major chronic health condition at baseline. A latent variable structural equation model is used to analyse the predictive role of latent baseline...

Using longitudinal data from a representative UK panel, we focus on a group of apparently healthy individuals with no history of disability or major chronic health condition at baseline. A latent variable structural equation model is used to analyse the predictive role of latent baseline...

This article contrasts the prevailing model for assessing and improving medical care - the quality of care paradigm - with an alternative approach - the patient accountability paradigm. The first approach is technocratic: it measures and promotes the quality of medical care through technical and...

Inwiefern kann die Verwendung assistiver Technologien im Sozial- und Gesundheitssektor eine Antwort sein auf drängende Fragen des demografischen Wandels, des sektoralen Fachkräftemangels und der gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe vulnerabler Personen? Sind sie ein wünschenswerter Beitrag zur...