Terminal costs, improved life expectancy and future public health expenditure

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-143

  Bjørner, Thomas Bue ^a   Arnberg, Søren ^a  

^a Danish Economic Councils ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cost of dying; Healthy ageing; Public health expenditure forecast; Two part model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860663448     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-012-9106-1     Document Type: Article

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