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On the Classification of Population Health Measurements

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  • McDowell, I.
  • Spasoff, R.A.
  • Kristjansson, B.

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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.

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  • McDowell, I. & Spasoff, R.A. & Kristjansson, B., 2004. "On the Classification of Population Health Measurements," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(3), pages 388-393.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2004:94:3:388-393_9
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    1. Rainham, Daniel & McDowell, Ian & Krewski, Daniel & Sawada, Mike, 2010. "Conceptualizing the healthscape: Contributions of time geography, location technologies and spatial ecology to place and health research," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 70(5), pages 668-676, March.
    2. Kevin P. Brand, 2005. "Approximations and Heuristics for the “Cause‐Modified” Life Table," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(3), pages 695-709, June.
    3. Levin, Betty Wolder & Browner, C.H., 2005. "The social production of health: Critical contributions from evolutionary, biological, and cultural anthropology," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 61(4), pages 745-750, August.
    4. Almedom, Astier M., 2005. "Social capital and mental health: An interdisciplinary review of primary evidence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 61(5), pages 943-964, September.
    5. Olga Partyka & Monika Pajewska & Aleksandra Czerw & Katarzyna Sygit & Kamila Kmieć & Oleh Lyubinets & Mateusz Niemiec & Mateusz Kaczmarski & Izabela Gąska & Grzegorz Juszczyk & Edyta Krzych-Fałta & To, 2022. "Influence of Selected Indicators of Healthcare System Functioning Evaluation on the Health Result," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-11, November.

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