Abstract Background GALI or Global Activity Limitation Indicator is a global survey
instrument measuring participation restriction. GALI is the measure underlying the European …

Background This paper studies the temporal consistency of health care expenditures in a
large state Medicaid program. Predictive machine learning models were used to forecast the …

In recent years, the linkage of survey data to health administrative data has increased. This
offers new opportunities for research into the use of health services and public health …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine whether frailty could explain variability
in healthcare expenditure beyond multimorbidity and disability among Chinese older adults …

This study investigated associations between cardiometabolic diseases, frailty, and
healthcare utilization and expenditure among Chinese older adults. The participants were …

Background Social differentials in disability prevalence exist in all European countries, but
their scale varies markedly. To improve understanding of this variation, the article focuses on …

Summary measures of population health—health expectancies in particular—have become
a standard for quantifying and monitoring population health. To date, cross-national …

Background Empirical evidence suggests that multimorbidity and disability are each
significantly associated with out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditures; however few efforts …

Our aim was to estimate the validity of the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI) when
measuring the severity level of disability. Data came from 153 residents of Spain, who …

Zusammenfassung Anhand von Daten der Studie „Gesundheit in Deutschland aktuell
“(GEDA) befasst sich der Beitrag mit der gesundheitlichen Ungleichheit im höheren …