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Calderón Jaramillo, Mariana
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Spijker, Jeroen
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Rentería, Elisenda
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Correia Alves, Luciana
2026-01-13
Calderón-Jaramillo, Mariana; Spijker, Jeroen; Rentería, Elisenda [et al.]. Between curing and caring: years of life expectancy with care needs (YLCN) in IberoAmerican countries. Genus, 2026, 82(1). Disponible en <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-025-00279-8>. Fecha de acceso: 20 mar. 2026. DOI: 10.1186/s41118-025-00279-8
0016-6987
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/5252
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-025-00279-8
Unprecedented gains in life expectancy call for a nuanced understanding of
morbidity and its consequences on social care needs. Despite the observed
worldwide gender gap in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, we still do not
know how these longer years women are living are affected by social care needs,
nor whether there are cross-country differences in this regard. This study measures
the Years of Life Expectancy with Care Needs that individuals are expected to live at
age 60, combining (multi)morbidity and social care needs states. By decomposing
the gender gap in life expectancy without care needs across five Ibero-American
countries (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, and Spain), it also explains the
differences between men and women in this regard. Results reinforce the healthsurvival paradox, with women living longer lives and more years in states of
multimorbidity and social care needs than men. They also show that in all countries
but Spain, the gender gap in years without care needs implies that men are living,
on average, longer years than women without healthcare and social care needs. By
using an indicator that combines measures of healthcare and social care needs, this
study aims to contribute to the evidence required to prepare healthcare systems and
social care policies according to ageing populations’ specific dynamics and needs.
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Social care needs
Multimorbidity
Healthy life expectancy
Ibero-America
Ageing
Necessitats d'atenció social
Multimorbidesa
Esperança de vida saludable
Ibèroamèrica
Envelliment
Necesidades de asistencia social
Multimorbilidad
Esperanza de vida con buena salud
Iberoamérica
Envejecimiento
Between curing and caring: years of life expectancy with care needs (YLCN) in Ibero-American countries
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