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Decomposition of Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy Inequalities by Mortality and Health-Related Quality of Life Dimensions
BackgroundQuality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) combines mortality risk and multidimensional health-related quality of life (HRQoL) information to...
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Changes in quality-adjusted life expectancy in Belgium, 2013 and 2018
IntroductionNo information is available in Belgium on life expectancy adjusted for health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Quality-adjusted life...
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Inequality in quality-adjusted life expectancy by educational attainment in Norway: an observational study
BackgroundHealth inequalities are often assessed in terms of life expectancy or health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Few studies combine both...
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The socioeconomic distribution of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Chile
BackgroundLife expectancy (LE) has usually been used as a metric to monitor population health. In the last few years, metrics such as...
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Ethnic differences in disability-free life expectancy and disabled life expectancy in older adults in Chile
BackgroundAlthough about 10% of the Latin American population is indigenous, ethnic differences in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and life...
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Flexible parametric methods for calculating life expectancy in small populations
BackgroundLife expectancy is a simple measure of assessing health differences between two or more populations but current life expectancy...
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Construction and evaluation of a practical model for measuring health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) in China
BackgroundHALE is now a regular strategic planning indicator for all levels of the Chinese government. However, HALE measurements necessitate...
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Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of Korean registered disabled by disability type in 2014–2018: Korea National Rehabilitation Center database
BackgroundConducting a distinct comparison between the life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HALE) of people with disabilities (PWDs) and...
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Estimating life expectancy adjusted by self-rated health status in the United States: national health interview survey linked to the mortality
BackgroundLife expectancy is increasingly incorporated in evidence-based screening and treatment guidelines to facilitate patient-centered clinical...
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The Association Between Census Tract Healthy Food Accessibility and Life Expectancy in the United States
Accessibility of healthy food is an important predictor for several health outcomes, but its association with life expectancy is unclear. We...
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Life expectancy, long-term care demand and dynamic financing mechanism simulation: an empirical study of Zhejiang Pilot, China
BackgroundChina has piloted Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) to address increasing care demand. However, many cities neglected adjusting LTCI premiums...
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Estimating the monetary value of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year in Quebec
BackgroundThe value of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (QALY) is of great importance for the healthcare system. It helps when it comes to defining a...
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Total knee arthroplasty improves the quality-adjusted life years in patients who exceeded their estimated life expectancy
PurposeTotal knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the treatment of choice for end-stage osteoarthritis though its risk-benefit ratio in elderly patients...
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Healthy lifestyle and longevity genetics associated with healthy life expectancy and years of life gained at age of 60 years: A prospective cohort study
AimTo investigate the relationships between healthy lifestyles, longevity genetics, and major chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and death, and...
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Socioeconomic differences in working life expectancy: a sco** review
BackgroundIn the last decade, interest in working life expectancy (WLE) and socioeconomic differences in WLE has grown considerably. However, a...
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Years of life lost during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden considering variation in life expectancy by level of geriatric care
The Covid-19 pandemic has not affected the population evenly. This must be acknowledged when it comes to understanding the Covid-19 death toll and...
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Life expectancy after bariatric surgery or usual care in patients with or without baseline type 2 diabetes in Swedish Obese Subjects
ObjectivesTo determine life expectancy and causes of death after bariatric surgery in relation to baseline type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the prospective,...
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Cause-Specific Mortality and Racial Differentials in Life Expectancy, Chicago 2018–2019
BackgroundIn Chicago in 2018, the average life expectancy (ALE) for NH Blacks was 71.5 years, 9.1 fewer years than for NH Whites (80.6 years)....
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The association between preventive health and outpatient spending and life expectancy by income quartile
BackgroundTo describe the relationship between longevity and local access to preventive healthcare at the county level.
MethodsWe used Medicare...
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Respiratory comorbidities and treatments in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: impact on life expectancy and causes of death
BackgroundDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disorder with progressive decline of pulmonary function increasing the risk of early...
