Decomposing cross-country differences in quality adjusted life expectancy: The impact of value sets

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Heijink, Richard ^a,b   Van Baal, Pieter ^b,c   Oppe, Mark ^c   Koolman, Xander ^d   Westert, Gert ^e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATABASE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRADE-OFF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ARMENIA; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959406120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-17     Document Type: Article

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