Trends in disease-free life expectancy at age 65 in Spain: Diverging patterns by sex, region and disease.

Life expectancy in Spain is among the highest in the world. Nevertheless, we do not know if improvements in health conditions at older ages have followed postponements of death. Previous studies in Spain show a stable trend in years lived in ill health in the past. In this paper we investigate chang...

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Main Authors: Pilar Zueras, Elisenda Rentería
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240923