Moving ahead on the PHI, and more!

Our research program Population Health Impact of Disease, Injury and Health Determinants (PHI) is moving ahead! We are building the foundation for summary measures of population health that incorporate both mortality and morbidity. While mortality is quite straight forward to estimate, morbidity is more complicated: we had to define and measure the impact of many diseases on functional health.

This involved two steps. The first, presented in our “inside story,” was to develop a Classification and Measurement System of Functional Health (CLAMES). The second was to measure the preference of Canadians for many health states, defined using CLAMES. This is presented in our “Coming soon” section. A future newsletter will provide more on this research project.

In addition to our PHI activities, we continue our tradition of conducting policy-relevant analytical projects. We hope to see you at our Fall seminar series (see New from HAMG) starting October 16, to update you on some of this exciting new analytical work.

Jean-Marie Berthelot, Manager