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a compressing of something

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an increase in the density of something

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the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

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encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

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On the other hand, as the elimination of chronic diseases would lead to an increase in the percentage of DFLE in LE, a relative compression of morbidity would be expected (also at percentages far below those found among women).
Analyzing studies carried out in other countries, the elimination of chronic diseases would lead to the compression of morbidity in some situations (24).
Effect of the elimination of chronic diseases on disability-free life expectancy among elderly individuals in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2010/Efeito da eliminacao de doencas cronicas sobre a expectativa de vida livre de incapacidade entre idosos em Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2010
The results in Tables 5 and 6 indicate that the long-term trends in the compression of morbidity applied to females as well as males, consistent with the short-term trends in Table 7 and in Hubert et al.
E, 1980, Aging, Natural Death, and the Compression of Morbidity, New England Journal of Medicine, 303(3): 130-135.
Demographic issues in longevity risk analysis
If, as the evidence seems to show, aging is a cumulative process of "wear and tear" in response to environmental demands, this era of stagnant, and perhaps downward, mobility could reverse the compression of morbidity (Seeman et al.
The health status of younger people also suggests that the compression of morbidity could be reversed.
The compression of morbidity: implications for social work
Given no prior ADL limitation one would expect to see a compression of morbidity but not with an associated expansion in mortality (Table IVA).
Changes over time in the ADL status of elderly US veterans
The second scenario, the compression of morbidity, only achieves its goal if it is possible to postpone every disease or chronic condition until just before death.
Four scenarios for an aging society
And if a full compression of morbidity is not yet on the horizon, there is no reason we can't do something about osteoporosis, Alzheimer disease, and arthritis in the reasonably near future.
Aging and the goals of medicine
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