Global patterns of healthy life expectancy in the year 2002

<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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Main Authors: Chatterji Somnath, Tandon Ajay, Salomon Joshua A, Iburg Kim, Mathers Colin D, Ustün Bedirhan, Murray Christopher JL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/4/66