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. 2021 Feb 22;31(3):554–560. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab012

Table 1.

Classification of absolute and relative compression and expansion of morbidity (as proposed by Nusselder26)

Life expectancy (LE) Healthy LE Unhealthy LE % Healthy LE
in LE
Classification
Absolute Relative
Compression Compression
= Equilibrium compression-expansion Compression
Expansion Compression
= Expansion Equilibrium compression-expansion
Expansion Expansion
= Expansion Expansion
Expansion Expansion