Longevity and Health Care Expenditures: The Real Reasons Older People Spend More | Zendy

Yang Zhou | Zendy; Edward C. Norton | Zendy; Sally C. Stearns | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Longevity and Health Care Expenditures: The Real Reasons Older People Spend More

Author(s) -

Yang Zhou,

Edward C. Norton,

Sally C. Stearns

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/58.1.s2

Subject(s) - beneficiary , longevity , gerontology , health care , long term care , demography , closeness , health and retirement study , medicine , life expectancy , environmental health , economics , nursing , population , finance , economic growth , mathematical analysis , mathematics , sociology

In this study, we investigated the relative contributions of both age and time to death to health care expenditures for elderly Medicare beneficiaries. We also analyzed differences in expenditure patterns by age and time to death for various service types and payers.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research