ld-archer / E_FEM

This is the repository for the English version of the Future Elderly Model, originally developed at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Microsimulation.
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Add self-reported health var to model #46

Closed ld-archer closed 3 years ago

ld-archer commented 3 years ago

This paper from the lancet investigated the best predictors of 5 year mortality in UK Biobank participants. Amongst the most predictive was self-reported health. This is in ELSA, so I'm going to add this var in and reduce the model down to the bare minimum of chronic diseases and risk behaviours.

_Originally posted by @ld-archer in https://github.com/ld-archer/E_FEM/issues/45#issuecomment-731165149_

Will need to add vars for current, lag, dummy vars for each level and probability vars. Similar to adlstat.