Adjusting for dependent comorbidity in the calculation of healthy life expectancy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Healthy life expectancy – sometimes called health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) – is a form of health expectancy indicator that extends measures of life expectancy to account for the distribution of health states in the population....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-04-01
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| Series: | Population Health Metrics |
| Online Access: | http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/4/1/4 |