Regional differences in healthy life expectancy in the Netherlands

Regional differences in healthy life expectancy in The Netherlands.

BACKGROUND Healthy life expectancy has mainly been studied at the level of healthcare systems rather than at regional level within healthcare systems. In this article, healthy life expectancy at birth and at 65 years of age for men and women in the Netherlands has been described, and factors related to these regional variations have been explored. METHODS Ecological study of 27 healthcare reg...

Regional Differences in Life Expectancy in Mainland China

China’s Central government is currently undertaking extensive pension reforms which requires accurate life expectancy forecasts at both national and regional levels. However, the lack of prior research in this area is an obstacle to policy formulation. The aim of this research is to investigate the trend of China’s regional differences in life expectancy. Three contributions of this thesis are ...

Gender differences in healthy life expectancy among Brazilian elderly

BACKGROUND This study examined gender differences in healthy life expectancy (HLE) and unhealthy life expectancy (UHLE) among people aged 60 years or older living in a large Brazilian city. METHODS Based on Chiang method, abridged life tables were constructed for men and for women. To calculate HLE, the Sullivan method was applied. Estimates of the prevalence of self-rated health and self-rep...

Differences in healthy life expectancy among men and women.

Life expectancy and mortality differences between migrant groups living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

There is an apparent contradiction between the high level of morbidity and the low level of mortality observed in certain groups of migrants living in Europe. This observation should have some consequences for health policy development and the targeting of resources in a city like Amsterdam. In this paper a number of hypotheses to explain the low mortality in migrant groups are discussed. An an...