The impact of population ageing on future Danish drug expenditure

Health Policy

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 298-311

  Kildemoes, Helle Wallach ^a   Christiansen, Terkel ^a   Gyrd Hansen, Dorte ^a   Kristiansen, Ivar Sønbø ^a,b   Andersen, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing population; Cost of dying; Future expenditure; Life expectancy; Pharmaceuticals; Prediction; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 29944447637     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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