caa a22 4500 397516800 CHVBK 20180308164621.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202s1995 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/eurpub/5.1.29 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/eurpub/5.1.29 VAN DEN BOS GEERTRUDIS A.M. The burden of chronic diseases in terms of disability, use of health care and healthy life expectancies [Elektronische Daten] [GEERTRUDIS A.M. VAN DEN BOS] The aim of this paper is to explore the differential impact of chronic conditions on disability, use of health care and healthy life expectancies. The condition-specific impact is described by comparing persons with a variety of chronic diseases. The classification of the 19 selected chronic conditions in terms of the burden for disability and use of health care showed 8 major conditions with a high illness burden: lung disease, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes mellitus, rheumatism and arthritis complaints, neurological disorders and accident traumas. Co-morbidity has an additional impact on disability as well as on the use of medical care and long-term care. The general impact of chronic conditions is described by calculating healthy life expectancies and assessing the loss of healthy life resulting from chronic morbidity, disability and long-term care. Healthy life expectancies show marked gender differences in the burden of chronic diseases. The advantage to females in terms of life expectancy is a disadvantage In terms of healthy life expectancy. The discussion focuses on disease specificity, co-morbidity and population heterogeneity. © European Journal of Public Health CHRONIC DISEASES nationallicence chronic diseases nationallicence disability nationallicence use of health care nationallicence healthy life expectancy nationallicence The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/1(1995), 29-34 1101-1262 5:1<29 1995 5 eurpub https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.1.29 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.1.29 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- VAN DEN BOS GEERTRUDIS A.M. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/1(1995), 29-34 1101-1262 5:1<29 1995 5 eurpub Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford