Differences in health care expenditure (HCE) in the 42 months before and after death of the spouse (population of widowed subjects, n = 6,487).

<p>Mean monthly levels of HCE are from a linear mixed model with log transformed HCE, standardized for gender, age, socio-economic status, and calendar year (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0115478#pone-0115478-g002" target="_blank">Figs. 2</a> and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0115478#pone-0115478-g003" target="_blank">3</a>).</p><p>Differences in health care expenditure (HCE) in the 42 months before and after death of the spouse (population of widowed subjects, n = 6,487).