On the Classification of Population Health Measurements

Summary measures of population health, such as health-adjusted life expectancy, are increasingly being used to monitor the health status of regions and to evaluate public health interventions. Such measures are based on aggregated indicators of individual health and summarize health in a population....

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2004-03, Vol.94 (3), p.388-393
Main Authors: McDowell, Ian, Spasoff, Robert A, Kristjansson, Betsy
Format: Article
Language:English
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Academic disciplines
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
Classification
Epidemiology
Evaluation Methods and Practice
General aspects
GNP
Gross National Product
Health
Health care
Health care policy
Health Promotion
Health Status
Health Status Indicators
Holistic Health
Humans
Life Expectancy
Medical research
Medical sciences
Models, Theoretical
Morbidity
Performance indicators
Personal health
Population
Population Surveillance
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
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Summary:Summary measures of population health, such as health-adjusted life expectancy, are increasingly being used to monitor the health status of regions and to evaluate public health interventions. Such measures are based on aggregated indicators of individual health and summarize health in a population. They describe population health status but have limitations in analytic studies of population health. We propose a broader framework for population health measurement. This classifies indicators according to their application (descriptive, prognostic, or explanatory), according to the conception of population (as an aggregate or a dynamic entity), and according to the underlying model of health. This approach extends the measurement repertoire to include indicators of the health of a population.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.94.3.388