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Loading... Summary Measures of Population Health: Concepts, Ethics, Measurement and Applicationsby Christopher J. L. Murray, Alan D. Lopez (Editor), Colin D. Mathers (Editor), Joshua A. Salomon (Editor)
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With increasing life expectancy, measuring population health levels on the basis of mortality rates alone has become less and less relevant in many populations. At the same time, societies invest substantial resources in promoting healthy life, in addition to preventing premature death. But how effective have these efforts been? What is the appropriate metric to measure healthy life expectancy or, for that matter, the contribution of different diseases and injuries to potential years of healthy life that are lost due to their occurrence?; This book addresses the various approaches and viewpoints as to how mortality and ill-health might be combined into a single index to measure overall population health. The various uses of such summary measures of population health are described, and the appropriate measurement framework and specific ethical and social value choices are discussed and debated. The contributors include leading experts in epidemiological methods, ethics, health economics, health status measurem No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)614.42Technology Medicine and health Public Health Contagious and infectious diseases Geographic distribution; ClimatologyLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |