International Handbook of Health Expectancies

Preface: Carol Jagger, Eileen Crimmins, Yasuhiko Saito, Renata Tiene De Carvalho Yokota, Herman Van Oyen and Jean-Marie Robine.- Part I Monitoring trends and gaps: 1 Operationalization of Concepts of Health and Disability: Renata Tiene De Carvalho Yokota and Herman Van Oyen.- 2 Trends in health expectancies: Jean-Marie Robine, Carol Jagger, Eileen Crimmins, Yasuhiko Saito and Herman Van Oyen.- 3 An analysis of macro-level determinants of geographic disparities in health expectancies: Yuka Minagawa and Carol Jagger.- 4 Monitoring social differentials in health expectancies: Emmanuelle Cambois, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Mark Hayward and Wilma Nusselder.- Part II Advances in data and metholodolgy: 5 Data Sources for Health Expectancy Research: Mary Beth Ofstedal.- 6 Attributing causes to disability: Wilma J Nusselder, Caspar C Looman, Herman Van Oyen and Renata TC Yokota.- 7 Decomposing gaps in healthy life expectancy: Alyson A. van Raalte and Marília R. Nepomuceno.- 8 Assessing the impact of risk factors on health expectancy: Henrik Brønnum-Hansen.- 9 Microsimulation of health expectancies, life course health, and health policy outcomes: Sarah B. Laditka, James N. Laditka and Carol Jagger.- 10 Forecasting health expectancy - what the future might hold: Carol Jagger and Andrew Kingston.- Part III Quantity and quality of life: synergy and/or trade-off: 11 Gender differences in healthy and unhealthy life expectancy: Vanessa Di Lego, Paola Di Giulio and Marc Luy.- 12 Self-rated health: when and how to use it in studies among older people?: Henrike Galenkamp, Arjan W. Braam, Martijn Huisman and Dorly J.H. Deeg.- 13 Health expectancy in policy: the use and uptake of the Healthy Life Years indicator and the Global Activity Limitation Indicator by the European Commission and Member States: Petronille Bogaert, Martin McKee and Jean-Marie Robine.- 14 Policy relevance of health expectancy in health promotion: Toshiyuki Ojima.- 15 Utility of Health Expectancy when Evaluating Health Care Systems: Matthew C. Stiefel.- Part IV Assessing new dimensions: 16 Pain and Disablement: Zachary Zimmer and Sara Rubin.- 17 Cognitive and Mental Health Expectancies: Kaarin J Anstey, Kim M Kiely and Nicole Ee.- 18 Combining working life and health expectancies: Elke Loichinger and Daniela Weber.- 19 Subjective Well-being: Long and happy lives: Aïda Solé-Auró.- 20 Revisiting the Disablement Process: Lois M. Verbrugge.- 21 Oral health, longevity and quality of life: Chi-Tsun Chiu, Angelique Wei-Ming Chan and Yasuhiko Saito .- Conclusions and future directions: Jean-Marie Robine, Eileen Crimmins, Carol Jagger, Yasuhiko Saito, Renata Tiene De Carvalho Yokota and Herman Van Oyen.