Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China

• Main Authors: Honglin Jiang (Author), Jie Zhou (Author), Meng Xia (Author), Guangping Li (Author), Jie Di (Author), Feng Mao (Author), Liangqing Yu (Author), Yu Cai (Author), Zhengzhong Wang (Author), Ying Xiong (Author), Yixin Tong (Author), Jiangfan Yin (Author), Yue Chen (Author), Qingwu Jiang (Author), Yibiao Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Few studies have investigated the change in life expectancy (LE) and the healthy lifespan among patients with advanced schistosomiasis. This study was to evaluate the LE and healthy life expectancy (HLE) for patients and assess the mechanism responsible for the LE inequality. Met...