Health care costs in the last year of life-The Dutch experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1720-1731

  Polder, Johan J ^a   Barendregt, Jan J ^b   van Oers, Hans ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Causes of death; Cost projection; Health expenditure; Last year of life; Longevity; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TREATMENT; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHILD; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NURSING HOME; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TERMINAL CARE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 33746853119     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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