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SUBMITTER: Manuel DG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC406424 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manuel Douglas G DG Schultz Susan E SE
Population health metrics 20040323 1
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) from diabetes mellitus (DM) using a population health survey linked to a population-based DM registry. METHODS: The 1996/97 Ontario Health Survey (N = 35,517) was linked to the Ontario Diabetes Database (N = 487,576). The Health Utilities Index (HUI3) was used to estimate health-related quality of life. HALE was estimated using an adapted Sullivan method. RESULTS: Life expectancy at birth of people with DM was 64.7 and 70.7 years ...[more]