Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>The main objectives of this study were to prove the feasibility of health expectancy analyses with regional administrative health statistics and to explore the utility of the calculated health expectancies in describing the health st...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>The main objectives of this study were to prove the feasibility of health expectancy analyses with regional administrative health statistics and to explore the utility of the calculated health expectancies in describing the health state of the population living in North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany.</p> <p>Materials and methods</p> <p>Administrative population and mortality data as well as health data on disability and long-term care provided by public services were used to calculate: a) the life expectancy and b) the health expectancies Severe-Disability-Free Life Expectancy (SDFLE) and Long-Term-Care-Free Life Expectancy (LTCFLE) from 1999 to 2005. Calculations were done using the Sullivan method.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>SDFLE at birth was 69.9 years (males 66.2 and females 73.2 years) in 1999 and it increased to 71.7 years (males 68.6 and females 74.7 years) in 2005. The proportion of the SDFLE on the total life expectancy at birth was 89.8% (males 88.6 and females 90.8%) in 1999 and 90.7% (males 89.8 and females 91.4%) in 2005.</p> <p>LTCFLE at birth was 75.3 years (males 73.1 and females 77.5 years) in 1999 and it increased to 76.6 years (males 74.7 and females 78.6 years) in 2005. The proportion of the LTCFLE on the total life expectancy at birth was 96.8% (males 97.8 and females 96.1%) in 1999 and 96.8% (males 97.8 and females 96.2%) in 2005.</p> <p>Discussion and conclusion</p> <p>Both health expectancies indicate an improvement in the quantity as well as in the quality of healthy life for the population living in North Rhine Westphalia and therefore suggest a compression of morbidity from 1999 to 2005. The findings however have several limitations in their sensitivity, since we applied dichotomous valuations to the health states. In addition, the results are restricted to comparisons over time because the morbidity concepts do not allow for comparisons with populations other than the German one. Refined calculations with other summary measures of population health and with health data on other morbidity concepts are therefore reasonable.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea5c257370b745028bd22069d02edf1c2022-12-22T02:57:54ZengBMCPopulation Health Metrics1478-79542009-03-0171410.1186/1478-7954-7-4Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005Krämer AlexanderPinheiro Paulo<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>The main objectives of this study were to prove the feasibility of health expectancy analyses with regional administrative health statistics and to explore the utility of the calculated health expectancies in describing the health state of the population living in North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany.</p> <p>Materials and methods</p> <p>Administrative population and mortality data as well as health data on disability and long-term care provided by public services were used to calculate: a) the life expectancy and b) the health expectancies Severe-Disability-Free Life Expectancy (SDFLE) and Long-Term-Care-Free Life Expectancy (LTCFLE) from 1999 to 2005. Calculations were done using the Sullivan method.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>SDFLE at birth was 69.9 years (males 66.2 and females 73.2 years) in 1999 and it increased to 71.7 years (males 68.6 and females 74.7 years) in 2005. The proportion of the SDFLE on the total life expectancy at birth was 89.8% (males 88.6 and females 90.8%) in 1999 and 90.7% (males 89.8 and females 91.4%) in 2005.</p> <p>LTCFLE at birth was 75.3 years (males 73.1 and females 77.5 years) in 1999 and it increased to 76.6 years (males 74.7 and females 78.6 years) in 2005. The proportion of the LTCFLE on the total life expectancy at birth was 96.8% (males 97.8 and females 96.1%) in 1999 and 96.8% (males 97.8 and females 96.2%) in 2005.</p> <p>Discussion and conclusion</p> <p>Both health expectancies indicate an improvement in the quantity as well as in the quality of healthy life for the population living in North Rhine Westphalia and therefore suggest a compression of morbidity from 1999 to 2005. The findings however have several limitations in their sensitivity, since we applied dichotomous valuations to the health states. In addition, the results are restricted to comparisons over time because the morbidity concepts do not allow for comparisons with populations other than the German one. Refined calculations with other summary measures of population health and with health data on other morbidity concepts are therefore reasonable.</p>http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/7/1/4 |
| spellingShingle | Krämer Alexander Pinheiro Paulo Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005 Population Health Metrics |
| title | Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005 |
| title_full | Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005 |
| title_fullStr | Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005 |
| title_short | Calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State of Germany, 1999–2005 |
| title_sort | calculation of health expectancies with administrative data for north rhine westphalia a federal state of germany 1999 2005 |
| url | http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/7/1/4 |
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