Total and cause-specific mortality before and after the onset of the Greek economic crisis: an interrupted time-series analysis

• Main Authors: Ioannis Laliotis, PhD (Author), John P A Ioannidis, ProfMD (Author), Charitini Stavropoulou, DrPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Greece was one of the countries hit the hardest by the 2008 financial crisis in Europe. Yet, evidence on the effect of the crisis on total and cause-specific mortality remains unclear. We explored whether the economic crisis affected the trend of overall and cause-specific morta...