Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>The main objectives of this study were to prove the feasibility of health expectancy analyses with regional administrative health statistics and to explore the utility of the calculated health expectancies in describing the health st...

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Main Authors: Krämer Alexander, Pinheiro Paulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Online Access:http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/7/1/4