Calculation of prefectural disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE) using long-term care prevalence and its socioeconomic correlates in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 346-358

  Kurimori, Sugako ^a   Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Watanabe, Masafumi ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a Health Promotion/International Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disability prevalence; Disability adjusted life expectancy; Health expectancy; Long term care; Socioeconomic factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE EXPECTANCY; EUROQOL 5D; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; JAPAN; LIFE TABLE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STANDARD GAMBLE; TECHNIQUE; TIME TRADE OFF; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33645948288     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.06.017     Document Type: Article

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