Estimating health expectancies from two cross-sectional surveys: The intercensal method

Health expectancies are key indicators for monitoring the health of populations, as well as for informing debates about compression or expansion of morbidity. However, current methodologies for estimating them are not entirely satisfactory. They are either of limited applicability because of high da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michel Guillot, Yan Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2009-10-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/17/