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Health expectancies in the European Union: same concept, different methods, different results

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  • João Vasco Santos MEDCIDS—Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal CINTESIS—Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Porto, Portugal Public Health Unit, ACES Grande Porto VIII - Espinho/Gaia, ARS Norte, Espinho/Gaia, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • João Viana MEDCIDS—Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal CINTESIS—Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brecht Devleesschauwer Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Juanita A Haagsma Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cristina Costa Santos MEDCIDS—Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal CINTESIS—Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Walter Ricciardi Section of Hygiene, Institute of Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico “A. Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alberto Freitas MEDCIDS—Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal CINTESIS—Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to João Vasco Santos, MEDCIDS – Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal; jvasco.santos{at}gmail.com
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Santos JV, Viana J, Devleesschauwer B, et al
Health expectancies in the European Union: same concept, different methods, different results
J Epidemiol Community Health 2021;75:764-771.

Publication history

  • Received January 15, 2020
  • Revised November 15, 2020
  • Accepted December 20, 2020
  • First published January 15, 2021.
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July 09, 2021

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