Felder, Stefan (contributor); Werblow, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
The "red herring" hypothesis contends that the high health care expenditure in old age is caused by proximity to death … rather than calendar age. Dissenters point to longitudinal data and claim that health care expenditure age profiles tend to … 2006 and 25 cantons. It analyzes the cantonal health care expenditure profile of men and women, taking into account …