Why Did Cross-National Divergences in Life Expectancy and Health Care Expenditures Both Appear in the 1980s?

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¹ David Kindig is with the Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Merlin Chowkwanyun is with the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, NY.

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David Kindig et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;110(12):1741-1742.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305909.

¹ David Kindig is with the Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Merlin Chowkwanyun is with the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, NY.

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