Seasonal Variation in Mortality, Medical Care Expenditure and Institutionalization in Older People: Evidence from a Dutch Cohort of Older Health Insurance Clients

Herbert Jan Albert Rolden; Jos Hermanus Theodoor Rohling; David van Bodegom; Rudi Gerardus Johannes Westendorp

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143154

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Seasonal Variation in Mortality, Medical Care Expenditure and Institutionalization in Older People: Evidence from a Dutch Cohort of Older Health Insurance Clients

Herbert Jan Albert Rolden ,

* E-mail: Herbert.rolden@radboudumc.nl

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Jos Hermanus Theodoor Rohling,

Affiliation Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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David van Bodegom,

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Rudi Gerardus Johannes Westendorp

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Seasonal Variation in Mortality, Medical Care Expenditure and Institutionalization in Older People: Evidence from a Dutch Cohort of Older Health Insurance Clients

Herbert Jan Albert Rolden,
Jos Hermanus Theodoor Rohling,
David van Bodegom,
Rudi Gerardus Johannes Westendorp

Published: November 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143154

About the Authors

Herbert Jan Albert Rolden

* E-mail: Herbert.rolden@radboudumc.nl

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jos Hermanus Theodoor Rohling

Affiliation Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

David van Bodegom

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Rudi Gerardus Johannes Westendorp

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HR JR DvB RW. Performed the experiments: HR. Analyzed the data: HR JR DvB RW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR. Wrote the paper: HR JR DvB RW.

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