Does age or life expectancy better predict health care expenditures?

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-501

  Shang, Baoping ^a   Goldman, Dana ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Life expectancy; Population aging

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049095103     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1295     Document Type: Article

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