Cause-deleted health-adjusted life expectancy of Canadians with selected chronic conditions

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 108-115

  Manuel, Douglas G ^a,b,c   Luo, Wei ^d   Ugnat, Anne Marie ^d,e   Mao, Yang ^d,e  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Health expectancy; Health status; Health utility index; Health adjusted life expectancy; Health related quality of life; Life expectancy; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE;

AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0742266682     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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