Summary Measures of Population Health. Murray, C. & Lopez, A. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2002.
Summary Measures of Population Health. [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
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 health 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 viewpoint.
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	address = {Geneva},
	title = {Summary {Measures} of {Population} {Health}.},
	isbn = {9789240681361  9240681361  9789241545518  9241545518},
	url = {http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=284707},
	abstract = {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 health 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 viewpoint.},
	language = {English},
	urldate = {2014-11-10},
	publisher = {World Health Organization},
	author = {Murray, C. and Lopez, A.},
	year = {2002},
}

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