Living longer in declining health
Factors driving healthcare costs among older people
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4972292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laia Maynou (0000-0002-0447-2959, Barcelona School of Economics, corresponding author), Andrew Street (0000-0002-2540-0364, London School of Economics and Political Science), Anna García−alté (0000-0003-3889-5375, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública), Anna García−Altés |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 327 |
| Pages | 115955 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115955 |
| PMID | 37196394 |
| OpenAlex | W4377011951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
Our results suggest that age and proximity to death are poor predictors of higher costs. Rather, healthcare costs are explained mainly by morbidity status, particularly whether someone has neoplasms or multiple LTCs. Morbidity measures should be included in future studies of healthcare costs
Economic cost · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Population · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |