Do generations differ in sports participation and physical activity over the life course? Evidence from multiple datasets.

Generational differences in health-related factors will affect forecasts of future disease patterns and health care needs. We studied whether participation in sports activity and being physically active are different between 10-year generations over a part of their life course. We used three different datasets on Dutch adults: a cohort study running for 20 years, the Doetinchem Cohort Study (DCS), multiple yearly databases (2001-2015) from the Netherlands health interview study (HIS), and a retrospective cohort study on life time sports careers, the Sports Participation Monitor (SPM).

Trends in Dutch hospital spending by age and disease 1994-2010.

Understanding the age pattern of medical spending and changes therein - the purpose of this paper - is essential in an ageing society. We started by combining several data sources to create a comprehensive time-based data series of hospital spending by age group, gender and disease category for The Netherlands in the period 1994-2010. Subsequently, this time series enabled us to disentangle changes in the age pattern of hospital spending to various disease categories.

[59 important health problems; a selection of diseases for public health monitoring].

Listing the top diseases is important for an overview of population health. These lists reduce the thousands of diseases to a compact selection that enables policy makers and researchers to set priorities in public health and health care. The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment uses such a selection for the Public Health Status and Forecast, a four-yearly overview of population health.

Sharp upturn of life expectancy in the Netherlands: effect of more health care for the elderly?

During the 1980s and 1990s life expectancy at birth has risen only slowly in the Netherlands. In 2002, however, the rise in life expectancy suddenly accelerated. We studied the possible causes of this remarkable development.