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Morbidity Expansion

Morbidity Expansion is a demographic theory positing that the average duration of life spent in ill health increases over time due to the proportional rise in chronic disease burden relative to gains in life expectancy.

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119

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66

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2017–2026

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Variants

Expansion Of Morbidity

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Publications

39

The economic value of targeting aging

Andrew Scott, Martin Ellison, David Sinclair · Nature Aging · 2021 · 263 citations · Full text

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Compression or expansion of morbidity? Trends in healthy-life expectancy in the elderly Austrian population between 1978 and 1998

Gabriele Doblhammer, Josef Kytir · Social Science & Medicine · 2001 · 156 citations

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The elimination of selected chronic diseases in a population: the compression and expansion of morbidity.

Wilma J. Nusselder, Koos van der Velden, J L van Sonsbeek et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 1996 · 113 citations · Full text

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Compression, expansion, or dynamic equilibrium? The evolution of health expectancy in New Zealand

Patrick Graham, Tony Blakely, Peter Davis et al. · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 2004 · 90 citations · Full text

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The Compression of Morbidity: Miscellaneous Comments About a Theme

J F Fries · The Gerontologist · 1984 · 80 citations

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Authors

119

  1. SG
    Siegfried Geyer

    Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

    4 publications · 124 citations

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  2. JE
    Jelena Epping

    Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  3. JT
    Juliane Tetzlaff

    Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

    3 publications · 88 citations

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  4. SE
    Sveja Eberhard

    Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  5. DM
    Denise Muschik

    Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

    2 publications · 73 citations

    2

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Institutions

66

  1. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

    Hanover, Germany

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    562 citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    288 citations

  4. International Institute for Population Sciences

    Mumbai, India

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    214 citations

  5. Public Health Agency of Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

  6. University of Rostock

    Rostock, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  7. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Public Health

    SPM · 2 publications · 85 citations

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  2. Journal of Aging and Health

    JAH · 2 publications · 99 citations

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  3. Australian Health Review

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  4. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  5. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

    SJPH · 1 publications · 76 citations

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