due to the fact that mortality rises with age and a large share of HCE is caused by proximity to death. As a consequence …, rising longevity - through falling mortality rates - may even reduce HCE. However, a weakness of previous empirical studies … over the period 1997-2009. Using (dynamic) panel data models, we find that age, mortality and five-year survival rates have …

-called ‘mortality-related’ costs). It surveys the empirical literature on health economics, presenting the main results obtained by … studies on the interaction among age, proximity to mortality and health-care expenditure. Based on this analysis, it concludes … with certainty that age alone is not a good predictor of rises in health-care spending, and that proximity to mortality …

analysis of future mortality rates is one of the key pieces of information needed for health spending prognoses. The general …

, morbidities and mortality in India. We draw upon the surveillance experience of four selected States of India namely Uttar Pradesh … systematic population-based chronic disease surveillance in India. Although there are no immediate policy goals to ensure …This paper describes the status, challenges and scope for strengthening surveillance of chronic disease risk factors …