Comparing the differences in three measures of healthy life expectancy among prefectures in Japan

Abstract Objective An ecological study using secondary open data from Japanese government statistics was conducted. The study aimed to verify differences in three measures of healthy life expectancy (HLE); namely, disability-free life expectancy without activity limitation (DFLE-AL), life expectancy...

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Main Authors: Kazuya Taira, Soshiro Ogata, Kei Kamide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05213-z