TY - JOUR AU - Sauerberg, Markus AU - Guillot, Michel AU - Luy, Marc PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/31 TI - The cross-sectional average length of healthy life (HCAL): a measure that summarizes the history of cohort health and mortality JO - Population Health Metrics SP - 21 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Healthy life years have superseded life expectancy (LE) as the most important indicator for population health. The most common approach to separate the total number of life years into those spent in good and poor health is the Sullivan method which incorporates the health dimension to the classic period life table, thus transforming the LE indicator into the health expectancy (HE) indicator. However, life years derived from a period life table and health prevalence derived from survey data are based on different conceptual frameworks. SN - 1478-7954 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-020-00220-5 DO - 10.1186/s12963-020-00220-5 ID - Sauerberg2020 ER -