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International handbook of health expectancies / Carol Jagger, Eileen M. Crimmins, Yasuhiko Saito, Renata Tiene De Carvalho Yokota, Herman Van Oyen, Jean-Marie Robine, editors.
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View online- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International handbooks of population ; 9.
- International Handbooks of Population ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health expectancy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Health expectancy.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I: Monitoring Trends and Gaps
- 1: Operationalization of Concepts of Health and Disability
- Introduction
- Health
- The Medical Model
- WHO Definition
- EuroQOL
- Health Concept Proposed by Huber
- Self-Rated Health
- Disability
- Washington Group Questions
- WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0
- WHO Model Disability Survey
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
- Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI)
- Importance of Including Disability Severity
- Evolution of the Disability Concept and Importance for Public Health Policies
- Frailty
- Phenotype Model
- Cumulative Deficit Model
- Multidimensional Model
- Importance of Developing a Global Frailty Measure
- Composite Health Measures
- Conclusions
- References
- 2: Trends in Health Expectancies
- Defining the Different Health Scenarios
- Possible Trends in Population Health
- Trends and Scenarios Observed in Different Parts of the World
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- 3: An Analysis of Macro-level Determinants of Geographic Disparities in Health Expectancies
- Background
- Review of Empirical Research Findings
- The European Union (EU) Member Countries
- The United Kingdom (UK)
- East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Republics
- Japan
- China
- Summary
- 4: Monitoring Social Differentials in Health Expectancies
- Health Expectancies by Social Status
- Policy Relevance of Measuring Social Inequalities in Health Expectancies
- Defining and Measuring Social Status
- How the Social Situation of Individuals Relates to their Health
- Understanding the Determinants of Social Health Inequality
- Social Status and the Disablement Process
- Stratifying a Population by a Social Criterion
- Selecting the Appropriate Social Criteria
- Alternative Approaches to Individual Social Criteria
- Measuring Social Status, and Mortality and Health by Social Status
- Collecting Appropriate Information on Mortality and Health by Social Status
- Availability of Data Stratified by Social Status
- Collecting Social Status in Surveys or Censuses
- The Measure of Mortality by SES: Linked vs Unlinked Data Sources
- Measuring Health by Socio-economic Status
- The International Literature on Health Expectancy by Social Status
- Characteristics of the Studies: Social Indicators, Country, Method
- Patterns and Trends in Health Expectancy by Social Status
- Social Inequalities in Health Expectancies
- Varying Gaps According to the Health or Disability Indicator
- Social Differences in Health Expectancies Across Age
- Social Differences in Health Expectancies by Gender
- Trends in Health Expectancies by Social Status
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Health Expectancy Within Countries Across Deprivation Areas
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jagger, Carol. International Handbook of Health Expectancies.
- ISBN:
- 9783030376680
- 3030376680
- Publisher Number:
- 99984786934
- 10.1007/978-3-030-37
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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