International handbook of health expectancies. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carol Jagger, Eileen M. Crimmins, Yasuhiko Saito, Renata Tiene De Carvalho Yokota, Herman Van Oyen, Jean-Marie Robine, editors.
• Other Names: Jagger, Carol; Crimmins, Eileen M; Saito, Yasuhiko; De Carvalho Yokota, Renata Tiene; Oyen, Herman Van; Robine, Jean-Marie
• 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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- References -- 4: Monitoring Social Differentials in Health Expectancies -- Background -- 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
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (301 pages)
• Subjects: 614.4/2; Health expectancy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Health expectancy; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030376680; 3030376680
• Related ISBNs: 9783030376666; 3030376664
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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