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dc.contributor.authorDenton, Frank T.en
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Byron G.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-27T17:11:43Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-27T17:11:43Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/66899-
dc.description.abstractSince the prevalence of many chronic health conditions increases with age we might anticipate that as the population ages the proportion with one or more such conditions would rise, as would the cost of treatment. We ask three questions: How much would the overall prevalence of chronic conditions increase in a quarter century if age-specific rates of prevalence did not change? How much would the requirements for health care resources increase in those circumstances? How much difference would it make to those requirements if people had fewer chronic conditions? We conclude that the overall prevalence rates for almost all conditions associated mostly with old age would rise by more than 25 percent and that health care requirements would grow more rapidly than the population - more than twice as rapidly in the case of hospital stays - if the rates for each age group remained constant. We conclude also that even modest reductions in the average number of conditions at each age could result in substantial savings.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMcMaster University, Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population (QSEP) |cHamilton (Ontario)en
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aQSEP Research Report |x435en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.jelJ14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordchronic conditionsen
dc.subject.keywordaging populationen
dc.subject.keywordhealth care resourcesen
dc.subject.stwAlternde Bevölkerungen
dc.subject.stwÄltere Arbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwGesundheiten
dc.subject.stwGesundheitskostenen
dc.subject.stwKanadaen
dc.titleChronic health conditions: Changing prevalence in an aging population and some implications for the delivery of health care services-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn630855684en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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