Estimation of life expectancy for dependent population in a multi-state context
Identifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/59295DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111162
ISSN: 1660-4601
Date
2021-10-24Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de EconomíaFunders
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de Alcalá
Bibliographic citation
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH , 2021, v. 18, p. 1-13
Keywords
Dependent people
Life expectancy
Spanish population
Transition probabilities
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
Population statistics show that there was an increase in life expectancy during the last century. However, this fact hides that this increase was not equal for all groups of the population. One of the most problematic cases for measuring this increase is that of the dependent population because of the absence of specific statistics. This paper describes a methodology for calculating life expectancy using multistate models that take into account the diversity of situations considered by Spanish legislation. For this purpose, statistical information contained in the national survey on disability and dependency (EDAD 2008) is used. The results suggest that life expectancies are lower than those of the general population and that they differ according to gender and intensity of suffering from this contingency. The calculations were made considering the legal framework currently existing in Spain. This fact conditions the definition of dependent person and, therefore, the set of individuals, their characteristics, and therefore, their final results.
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