ПОГЛЕД КЪМ ИСТОРИЯТА НА СУМАРНИТЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ ЗА ОЦЕНКА НА ОБЩЕСТВЕНОТО ЗДРАВЕ
A LOOK BACK TOWARDS THE HISTORY OF THE SUMMARY MEASURES OF POPULATION HEALTH

Summary/Abstract: In the last there decades summary indicators of population health became common standard in public health research across the world. The purpose of this paper is to present a historical review of the scientific efforts that led to the development and the recognition of the summary measures of health by looking at the indicators most commonly used in practice, representatives of the health gaps and health expectancies. This historical look back at the international methodological efforts reveal that nothing comes out of nowhere but has an extensive line of work and thought that shape public health research and practice today.

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