1990 Geneva, Switzerland

Second REVES meeting, Geneva (Switzerland), 1990

International geographic comparisons of healthy life expectancy

Organized by Jean-Pierre Michel, Institutions Universitaires de Gériatrie de Genève, and Ed Dowd and Michel Thuriaux, World Health Organization

  • Wilkins R, Dowd JE. International geographic comparisons of healthy life expectancy. General Report on the second workshop of REVES, Geneva, March 1990.

Papers presented:

  • Andrews G. Cross-national research and data collection : uses and abuses.
  • Barberger-Gateau P. Conceptual and operational definitions of the disability process in population studies : epidemiologic and geriatric considerations.
  • Chamie M. Data collection standards for disability : implications to the study of the disability-free life expectancy.
  • Chamie M. Report of the Sub-committee on the Conceptual Harmonization of statistics for the study of disability-free life expectancy. (New York, June 1990).
  • Dartigues JF. Project PAQUID : initial results (short report on new projects).
  • Kay DW. Psychiatric and cognitive functional considerations.
  • Minaire P. Conceptual and operational definitions of the disability process in population studies : rehabilitation considerations.
  • Myers GC, Lamb VL. Research issues in assessing healthy life expectancy.
  • Rasmussen N. The expectation of life without disability in Denmark (short report on new results).
  • Ritchie K. Report of the Committee on Mental Deterioration. (Geneva, September 1990).
  • Robine JM, Michel JP. Recommandations pour un protocole international de comparaisons d’espérance de vie en bonne santé / Recommendations for international guidelines for comparisons of healthy life expectancy.
  • Smith L. Development of Australian measures of disability free life expectancy using national mortality and health survey data (short report on new results).
  • Van Nostrand J. Healthy life expectancy : projects on international comparisons of the US National Center for Health Statistics (short report on new projects).
  • Vuille JC. Pediatric and cognitive functional considerations.
  • van Ginneken JKS, van de Water HPA. A comparison of four methods to determine life expectancy free of disability in the Netherlands.