title: A more intellectually, medically and physically disabled society: the case of the United States.
abstract: To bring attention to the fact that repeated emphasis on the worldwide increasing number of elderly, with only a passing reference to the magnitude and consequences of the hundreds of millions of elderly with disabilities, neglects to consider the associated burgeoning human and financial costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Dentistry, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA. hwaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: H Barry
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cannella
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
authors.forename: Mary Rose
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Truhlar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States