Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure is associated with total mortality in humans (r = -0.81).

“Across all countries, strong negative correlations were observed between HE, HDI, HALE, and total mortality (r = -0.81, -0.82, and -0.92, p < 0.001; respectively).”

HumansCountry-level analysis across European countriesn = 33

Unequal healthy ageing trajectories across Europe: socioeconomic development and age-related disease burden in the European Union and South-Eastern European countries

GeroScience·29 Apr 2026