Life Expectancy Trends Among Integrated Health Care System Enrollees, 2014-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported downward trends in life expectancy and racial/ethnic differences between 2014 and 2017.

Objective

To determine the life expectancy of the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States (KPMAS) insured population as compared to the CDC National Vital Statistics data from 2014 to 2017. We also aimed to highlight the utilization of membership data to inform population statistical estimates such as life expectancy. We examine whether national trends in life expectancy are reflected in an insured population with relatively uniform access to care.

Methods

This retrospective, data only study examined life expectancy between 2014 and 2017. Data from electronic medical records and the National Death Index we

SUBMITTER: Finch 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8784056 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature