Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine 2020;31(1):34-37

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-2483.2020.01.008

Application and development of healthy life expectancy index

Siyu CHENG 1 ; Lan ZHANG 2 ; Jingju PAN 2 ; Tianjing HE 2 ; Yuliang ZOU 1 ; Xibao HUANG 2

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Keywords

Healthy life expectancy; Target classification; Calculation methods; Research status; Development direction

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

As the life expectancy of the population increases and traditional indexes are flawed in reflecting the health level, the concept of the healthy life expectancy has emerged, which integrates the length of the life and quality, more comprehensively reflects the health level of the population. This article has summarized the emergence and development of health life expectancy, classification of indexes, and commonly used measurement methods, as well as domestic and international application examples, and domestic research status. It proposes to establish a unified national measurement method, and make full use of big data resources in health care to comprehensively assess the health life expectancy of the population.