Potential gains in health-adjusted life expectancy from reducing four main non-communicable diseases among Chinese elderly

Abstract Background To estimate the potential gains in health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) after hypothetical elimination of four non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among Chinese elderly from 1990 to 2016, including cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) and diab...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqian Hu, Xueshan Sun, Yuanyuan Li, Yuxuan Gu, Minzhuo Huang, Jingming Wei, Xuemei Zhen, Shuyan Gu, Hengjin Dong
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Health-adjusted life expectancy
Chronic disease
Elderly
Chinese
Burden of disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1032-3
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