ReviewThe Milbank quarterly2010
A healthy bottom line: healthy life expectancy as an outcome measure for health improvement efforts.
Review in The Milbank quarterly, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Trends in Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) and Disparities by Income and Region in Korea (2008-2020): Analysis of a Nationwide Claims Database.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Estimating Health Expectancy in Japanese Communities Using Mortality Rate and Disability Prevalence.JMA journal · 2024Article
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- Healthy life expectancy for 202 countries up to 2030: Projections with a Bayesian model ensemble.Journal of global health · 2023Article
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- Does the global activity limitation indicator measure participation restriction? Data from the European Health and Social Integration Survey in Spain.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Potential Gains in Life Expectancy Associated With Achieving Treatment Goals in US Adults With Type 2 Diabetes.JAMA network open · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextGood health is the most important outcome of health care, and healthy life expectancy (HLE), an intuitive and meaningful summary measure combining the length and quality of life, has become a standard in the world for measuring population health.
methodsThis article critically reviews the literature and practices around the world for measuring and improving HLE and synthesizes that information as a basis for recommendations for the adoption and adaptation of HLE as an outcome measure in the United States.
findingsThis article makes the case for adoption of HLE as an outcome measure at the national, state, community, and health care system levels in the United States to compare the effectiveness of alternative practices, evaluate disparities, and guide resource allocation.
conclusionsHLE is a clear, consistent, and important population health outcome measure that can enable informed judgments about value for investments in health care.
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