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Evolution of educational inequalities in life and health expectancies at 25 years in Belgium between 2001 and 2011: a census-based study

a public health priority, necessitating careful monitoring that should take into account changes in the population composition. We analyzed the evolution of educational inequalities in life expectancy and ...

Women’s excess unhealthy life years: disentangling the unhealthy life years gapAbstractBackgroundMethodsResultsConclusion

Jagger; Jean Marie Robine Source: European Journal of Public Health (2019) Keywords: composite health measures GALI gender inequality Healthy Life Years HLY Abstract: Background: Compared to men, women live ...

Cost-effectiveness analysis in melanoma detection: A transition model applied to dermoscopy.

Effectiveness was expressed in quality-adjusted life years (QALY s), a composite measure depending on melanoma-related morbidity and mortality. Costs included costs of treatment and follow-up as well as costs of ...

Differential inequity in health expectancy by region in Belgium.

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the size of social inequities in health between regions in Belgium using a composite health measure, the disability free life expectancy (DFLE). METHODS: Mortality data ...

Socio-economic inequalities in health expectancy in Belgium.

in Belgium using the composite indicator ‘health expectancy’. The Sullivan method was used to calculate health expectancy on the basis of current probability of death and prevalence of perceived ...

The impact of individual-level heterogeneity on estimated infectious disease burden: a simulation study.

BACKGROUND: Disease burden is not evenly distributed within a population; this uneven distribution can be due to individual heterogeneity in progression rates between disease stages. Composite measures of ...

Impact of solid cancer on in-hospital mortality overall and among different subgroups of patients with COVID-19: a nationwide, population-based analysis.

containment measurements. Health Topics:  COVID-19 Service:  Épidémiologie des maladies infectieuses Epidemiologie van infectieziekten Epidemiology of infectious diseases Manuscript versions:  DOI:  ...

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