Healthy life expectancy: comparison of OECD countries in 2001

• Main Authors: Colin D. Mathers (Author), Christopher J.L. Murray (Author), Joshua A. Salomon (Author), Ritu Sadana (Author), Ajay Tandon (Author), Alan D. Lopez (Author), Bedirhan Ustün (Author), Somnath Chatterji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives: To compare average levels of population health for Australia and other OECD countries in 2001. Methods: Healthy life expectancies (HALE) for OECD countries for 2001 are based on analysis of mortality data for OECD countries, country‐specific estimates of health state prevalences...