The effect of trends in health and longevity on health services use by older adults

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wouterse, Bram ^a,b,c   Huisman, Martijn ^d,e   Meijboom, Bert R ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^d   Polder, Johan J ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Health expenditures; Health trends; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; COMPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION MODEL; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84951325468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1239-8     Document Type: Article

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