Modeling and Forecasting Health Expectancy: Theoretical Framework and Application

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 673-697

  Majer, Istvan M ^a   Stevens, Ralph ^b   Nusselder, Wilma J ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   van Baal, Pieter H M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health expectancy; Life expectancy; Longevity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875407624     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0156-2     Document Type: Article

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