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- Title
Life expectancy's relationship with behavioral factors and polypharmacy in Western Balkan countries.
- Authors
Boshnjaku, Arben; Krasniqi, Ermira
- Abstract
Ageing is a multidisciplinary studied process characterized with a gradual increased time of homeostasis and decreased time of reaction and performance. Expected life expectancy is an important measure of a populations' health status and healthcare system's performance, which is characterized with a gradual increase in the modern world. This increasing trend changes between different countries and societies, while being affected by several internal, external and behavioral factors. This narrative review analyses and compares the countries of Western Balkans, all of whom classified as middle income countries. Increasing physical activity, avoiding smoking as well as decreasing overweight and obesity present reliable mechanisms to invest in terms of providing a better lifestyle and quality of life. Polypharmacy presents another integral player into this process, which affects and interacts with each and every other factor. Altogether should be taken in consideration in policy makings, healthcare approaches and intervention plans.
- Subjects
BALKAN Peninsula; LIFE expectancy; WESTERN countries; POLYPHARMACY; MIDDLE-income countries; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Macedonian Pharmaceutical Bulletin / Makedonsko Farmacevtski Bilten, 2020, Vol 66, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
1409-8695
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33320/maced.pharm.bull.2020.66.01.009