Population Health. An Analysis of the Definition and a Measurement of the Concept

Authors

  • Luiza Mesesan Schmitz Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Keywords:

health status of a population, life expectancy, healthy life expectancy

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the definition and the measurement of the population health concept, as well as the extent to which this measurement follows the rules of scientific measurement. This paper, based on scientific literature, constitutes an attempt to establish an operational definition for this concept. It will also offer a brief description of the most common measures of this concept, in order to gain a proper understanding of what these actually measure.

Author Biography

Luiza Mesesan Schmitz, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Department of Social Sciences and Communications

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Published

2015-12-23

Issue

Vol. 8(57) No. 2 (2015)

Section

SOCIAL WORK

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Copyright (c) 2015 Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VII: Social Sciences • Law

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