TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of health care systems on populations' health status and longevity
T2 - A comprehensive analysis
AU - Tyrovolas, Stefanos
AU - Polychronopoulos, Evangelos
AU - Tountas, Yannis
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received September 20, 1994; revised April 1, 1997. The work of P. Gomis was supported by Fundayacucho (Venezuela) under a Graduate Scholarship. Asterisk indicates corresponding author. P. Gomis is with the Industrial Technology Department, University Simón Bolívar, La Guaira, Venezuela. D. L. Jones is with the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 USA. P. Caminal is with the Institut de Cibernètica (UPC-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain. E. J. Berbari is with the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease Section, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA. *P. Lander is with the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease Section, (151-F) 921 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). Publisher Item Identifier S 0018-9294(97)05348-2.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Background: Western populations enjoy unprecedented wealth and longevity. This increase in life expectancy is staggering, posing tremendous challenges in disease burden, especially in chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Limited studies investigate the effect of health services on longevity in adult populations. In this work, findings from studies throughout the world are presented and analysed in order to evaluate the effect of health services on population's health status. &Methods: Published results from studies that assessed the associations of public health services (i.e., physicians supply) on longevity were retrieved (searches in Pubmed, Scopus, up to January 2010) and summarized. &Results: Few studies, mostly located in the US and UK, have evaluated the role of health services on the population's health status. The majority of the studies reported an association between the frequency of physicians and mortality, while some other studies reported weak or no associations between physician supply and longevity. No data are available regarding other health care services, like nursing or dietetics support. &Conclusion: Although very few data are available, it seems that there is a relation between quality and quantity of health care services and longevity. However, there is still a serious lack of evidence especially in other areas of health services as well as in various populations.
AB - Background: Western populations enjoy unprecedented wealth and longevity. This increase in life expectancy is staggering, posing tremendous challenges in disease burden, especially in chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Limited studies investigate the effect of health services on longevity in adult populations. In this work, findings from studies throughout the world are presented and analysed in order to evaluate the effect of health services on population's health status. &Methods: Published results from studies that assessed the associations of public health services (i.e., physicians supply) on longevity were retrieved (searches in Pubmed, Scopus, up to January 2010) and summarized. &Results: Few studies, mostly located in the US and UK, have evaluated the role of health services on the population's health status. The majority of the studies reported an association between the frequency of physicians and mortality, while some other studies reported weak or no associations between physician supply and longevity. No data are available regarding other health care services, like nursing or dietetics support. &Conclusion: Although very few data are available, it seems that there is a relation between quality and quantity of health care services and longevity. However, there is still a serious lack of evidence especially in other areas of health services as well as in various populations.
KW - Health services
KW - Health systems
KW - Longevity
KW - Mortality
KW - Physicians
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77956215580
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:77956215580
SN - 1108-7366
VL - 4
SP - 149
EP - 156
JO - Health Science Journal
JF - Health Science Journal
IS - 3
ER -
