Differential inequity in health expectancy by region in Belgium

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 301-310

  Van Oyen, Herman ^a   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^a   Deboosere, Patrick ^b   Gadeyne, Sylvie ^b   Abatih, Emmanuel ^a   Demarest, Stefaan S ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disability free life expectancy; Education; Equity in health; Health expectancy; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REGIONALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELGIUM; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28044448074     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-005-5017-y     Document Type: Article

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