Quantifying the contribution of changes in healthcare expenditures and smoking to the reversal of the trend in life expectancy in the Netherlands

BACKGROUND: Since 2001 the Netherlands has shown a sharp upturn in life expectancy (LE) after a longer period of slower improvement. This study assessed whether changes in healthcare expenditure (HCE) explain this reversal in trends in LE. As an alternative explanation, the impact of changes in smok...

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Published in:BMC Public Health
Main Authors: Peters, Frederik, Nusselder, Wilma J., Reibling, Nadine, Wegner-Siegmundt, Christian, Mackenbach, Johan P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596560/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26444672
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2357-2
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