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Tables of Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy at all ages, 1987, 1994, and 2000-2008

Black Females (Excel download)

Black Males (Excel download)

White Females (Excel download)

White Males (Excel download)

Description of methods for QALE calculation (Appendix to 2013 AJPH paper)

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Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) scores calculated per respondent in Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2000-2015 (dataset for use with MEPS public use data)

SAS code for calcuation of HRQoL scores in MEPS data

 

Supported by the National Institutes of Health grant #R37AG047312 and the National Institute on Aging grant #R37AG047312

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