Compression of morbidity:
"[T]o squeeze or compress the time horizon between the onset of chronic illness or disability and the time in which a person dies."
"A theory of aging developed by Dr. James Fries that states that natural aging does not have to be accompanied by increased disability and functional impairment."
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