Health Perceptions and Quality of Life in Latin America

Health is widely recognized as a life dimension that is central to individual happiness, to quality of life, and to economic welfare. Yet our ability to measure health status—and how it varies across individuals and societies—is limited. Life expectancy and mortality are the two most commonly used m...

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Published inParadox and Perception p. 158
Main Authors CAROL GRAHAM, EDUARDO LORA
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Brookings Institution Press 01.09.2010
Subjects
Age groups
Behavioral sciences
Cognitive psychology
Countries
Demography
Disease incidence rates
Economics
Election forecasting
Emotion
Emotional states
Epidemiology
Happiness
Health and wellness
Health sciences
Health status
Human geography
Income
Income level
Macroeconomics
Medical conditions
Microeconomics
Morbidity
Mortality
Political elections
Political geography
Political processes
Political science
Politics
Polls
Population studies
Psychology
Public health
Quality of life
Social sciences
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Summary:Health is widely recognized as a life dimension that is central to individual happiness, to quality of life, and to economic welfare. Yet our ability to measure health status—and how it varies across individuals and societies—is limited. Life expectancy and mortality are the two most commonly used measures of societal health and serve as important benchmark indicators. Yet health is much more than what these indicators gauge. Illness, functional limitations, and other conditions that limit physical or mental welfare are crucial dimensions of health, but they are much more difficult to measure; most of the tools that we
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