Population health and the economy: Mortality and the Great Recession in Europe

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2017, Pages e219-e235

  Tapia Granados, José A ^a   Ionides, Edward L ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Great Recession; life expectancy at birth; mortality rates; population health; recessions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 85017159456     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3495     Document Type: Article

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