Measurement and application of health life expectancy
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Abstract
Nowadays what people are hoping for has changed from living longer lives to living healthier lives. Life expectancy is a measure of health calculated as the life year after removing all causes of death. The introduction of health life expectancy provides a new direction for measuring population health. Health life expectancy is defined as the number of years living with complete health after removing death, illness, and disability. In addition to various causes of death, health life expectancy also considers disability; it is a comprehensive indicator of the population health of a country or region, and reflects the overall health of a population.
Through literature search and review, the article summarized the research on health life expectancy at home and abroad in recent years, including the introduction of health life expectancy, measurements, calculation methods, domestic and international estimates, and the current status and development of health life expectancy. In particular, in the calculation of health life expectancy, the measurement of health was especially important. This review aimed to provide a basis for further studying health life expectancy.
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