Pharmaceutical expenditures as a correlate of population health in industrialized nations

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-374

  Liu, Li ^a   Cline, Richard R ^b   Schondelmeyer, Stephen W ^b   Schommer, Jon C ^b  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare productivity; Life expectancy; Pharmaceuticals; Population health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 41149123165     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K352     Document Type: Article

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