Browsing SVA - Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) by Subject "Mortality"
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Aging and Health Care Costs
(Chapter; Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-10)An open issue in the economics literature is whether health care expenditure (HCE) is so concentrated in the last years before death that the age profiles in spending will change when longevity increases. The seminal article ... -
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: Evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data
(Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; Volume 73, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this ... -
Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
(BMC public health;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-11)Background: Differences in mortality with regard to socioeconomic status have widened in recent decades in many European countries, including Norway. A rapid upsurge of immigration to Norway has occurred since the 1990s. ...