The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission

Abstract Background In 2005, the European Union (EU) started to use a disability-free life expectancy, known as Healthy Life Years (HLY), to monitor progress in the strategic European policies such as the 2000 Lisbon strategy. HLY are based on the underlying measure: the Global Activity Limitation I...

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Main Authors: Petronille Bogaert, Herman Van Oyen, Isabelle Beluche, Emmanuelle Cambois, Jean-Marie Robine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-018-0279-z