[Use of indicators for comprehensive assessment of life quality]

Gig Sanit. 2006 Sep-Oct:(5):44-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The paper presents a procedure for quantitative sociomedical and hygienic assessment of the quality of life. Several combinations of factors that have the greatest influence on the quality of life and human health: medicodemographic indices; the prevalence and incidence rates of all classes of diseases in different age population groups; health care quality; socioeconomic conditions; natural, climatic, and sanitary conditions; quality of the population's nutrition; sociological assessment of living conditions. Based on the performed study, the indicators were estimated by each combination of factors. The quantitative determination of the integrated index of life quality may be used to assess the socioeconomic position, the health status of the population in some administrative districts and regions over time.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Health Status Indicators*
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Quality of Life*
  • Russia