ANNEX 2:
Summary of Performance Dimensions,
Policy Questions and Performance
Indicators
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SECTION 1: ACHIEVING BETTER HEALTH FOR THE PORTUGUESE POPULATION
Performance
Dimension
Policy Questions Performance Indicators
Improving
the health status
of the Portuguese
population
Do individuals live longer?
• Life expectancy at birth
• Potential years of life lost
What are the trends in mortality?
• Perinatal mortality
• Infant mortality
• Standardized mortality rates for key causes of death under
age 65
Do individuals live their lives in a better state of health?
• Self-assessed health status
• Disability-free life expectancy
• Low-birth-weight infants
Improving equity
in health
What is the extent of differences in health status related
to sex?
• Differences between men and women in:
– life expectancy at birth
– potential years of life lost
– key causes of death under age 65
– self-assessed health status
– disability-free life expectancy
What is the extent of geographical variations in health status?
• Differences among regions in:
– potential years of life lost
– mortality rates for key causes of death under age 65
What is the extent of variation in health status related to age? • Differences among age groups in self-assessed health status
What is the extent of variation in health status related to education
and other socioeconomic factors?
• Study on socioeconomic inequality in self-assessed health
status by level of education