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. 2012 Jul 1:4:57-81.
doi: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080511-110944. Epub 2012 Apr 5.

International Comparisons in Health Economics: Evidence from Aging Studies

James Banks  1 , James P Smith
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International Comparisons in Health Economics: Evidence from Aging Studies

James Banks et al. Annu Rev Econom. .
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Figure 1. International differences in life-expectancy by age
Source: World Health Organization, 2009. Note: Raw data for these figures are presented in Table A1.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Self-Assessed Health and Life-Expectancy
Notes: Life-expectancy data from World Health Organization 2009; Self-Assessed General Health Status data from ELSA, HRS and SHARE, 2004, individuals aged 55–64 (see notes to Table A2).
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