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Towards capability-adjusted life years in public health and social welfare: results from a Swedish survey on ranking capabilities
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health.
Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö (IKVM), Division of Social Medicine and Global Health (SMGH), Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health. Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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2020 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 15, no 12, article id e0242699Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to rank capabilities and suggest a relevant set of capabilities for the Swedish context to inform the development of capability-adjusted life years (CALYs). CALYs is a quality of life measure for policy making based on the capability approach by Amartya Sen.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A Swedish governmental review proposed the following 10 relevant capabilities: time, financial situation, mental/physical health, political resources, knowledge, living environment, occupation, social relations, security, and housing. Researchers in health-related disciplines from 5 universities ranked these capabilities from 1 to 10 (most to least important) in a web-based cross-sectional survey; 115 of 171 responses were eligible.

RESULTS: Health, social relations, and financial situation were deemed most important. Stratification by gender, research field, and age group revealed few differences. We found that it was possible to rank capabilities and that health, social relations, and financial situation were ranked highest by a non-representative sample of researchers and doctoral students from health-related disciplines at five Swedish universities.

CONCLUSIONS: The revealed ranking is dependent on the metric and must be further explored. The findings support continued development of CALYs for monitoring and evaluating outcomes in public health and social-welfare interventions.

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San Francisco: Public Library of Science , 2020. Vol. 15, no 12, article id e0242699
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Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-177334DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242699ISI: 000596503200010PubMedID: 33259528Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85097035100OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-177334DiVA, id: diva2:1507113
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