A proposed method for monitoring U.S. population health
Subtitle: linking symptoms, impairments, chronic conditions, and health ratings
By: Susan T. Stewart, Rebecca M. Woodward, David M. Cutler.
Contributors: Woodward, Rebecca M.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11358; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11358.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Health expectancy -- United States -- Econometric models.
Description: "We propose a method of quantifying non-fatal health that details the mechanisms through which chronic conditions affect health.  Self-rated health status and time-tradeoff ratings of current health are regressed on impairments and symptoms from the Quality of Well-Being Scale, using OLS regression and ordered probit.  This yields estimates of their effects analogous to disutility weights but not based on counterfactual scenarios, and accounts for complex non-additive relationships.  Data are from 1420 adults age 45-89 in the Beaver Dam Health Outcomes Study.  Chronic condition weights and summary measures of health are derived, laying the groundwork for a detailed national summary measure of health"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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