TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Morbidity compression: a promising and well-established concept?
JO  - International journal of public health
A1  - Geyer, Siegfried
SP  - 727
EP  - 728
VL  - 61
IS  - 7
N2  - <p>This comment refers to the article available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0829-5.    In the 1980s, Fries formulated the morbidity compression hypothesis (Beltran-Sanchez et al. 2014). It states that due to improved prevention and better living conditions, the time spent in a state of disease and disability will be compressed towards the end of life. As a consequence, healthy life years will be gained. In the recent years it has received increasing attention within the context of demographic aging....</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-8556
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0853-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -