Population ageing and healthcare expenditure projections: New evidence from a time to death approach

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 885-896

  Geue, Claudia ^a   Briggs, Andrew ^a   Lewsey, James ^a   Lorgelly, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute inpatient care costs; Healthcare expenditure projection; Population ageing; Time to death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888257058     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-013-0543-7     Document Type: Article

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