Health Status Index Models: A Unified Mathematical View Journal Articles

abstract

• A general mathematical formulation of the health status index model is developed. Equations are given for three types of population health indexes and for the determination of the amount of health improvement created by a health care program. Fourteen of the major health status index models from the literature are analyzed, and it is shown that each can be viewed as a special case of the general formulation. It is hoped that the paper will help to unify the health status index concept, will serve to standardize terminology and notation, and will facilitate comparisons of the various models.

authors

• Torrance, George Walter

status

• published 

publication date

• May 1976

has subject area

• 08 Information and Computing Sciences (FoR)
• 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services (FoR)
• Operations Research (Science Metrix)

published in

• Management science  Journal

keywords

• Business & Economics
• Management
• Operations Research & Management Science
• Science & Technology
• Social Sciences
• Technology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1287/mnsc.22.9.990

start page

• 990

end page

• 1001

volume

• 22

issue

• 9