Does Self-Assessed Health Reflect the True Health State?

Self-assessed health (SAH) is a widely used tool to estimate population health. However, the debate continues as to what exactly this ubiquitous measure of social science research means for policy conclusions. This study is aimed at understanding the tenability of the construct of SAH by simultaneou...

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Auteurs principaux:	Pavitra Paul, Ulrich Nguemdjo, Natalia Kovtun, Bruno Ventelou
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Langue:	EN
Publié:	MDPI AG 2021
Sujets:	clinical morbidity endogeneity perceived health recursive semi-ordered Russia Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:94ae164815a246e9b9fdfefa88df8a2a2021-11-11T16:18:13ZDoes Self-Assessed Health Reflect the True Health State?10.3390/ijerph1821111531660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/94ae164815a246e9b9fdfefa88df8a2a2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11153https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Self-assessed health (SAH) is a widely used tool to estimate population health. However, the debate continues as to what exactly this ubiquitous measure of social science research means for policy conclusions. This study is aimed at understanding the tenability of the construct of SAH by simultaneously modelling SAH and clinical morbidity. Using data from 17 waves (2001–2017) of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, which captures repeated response for SAH and frequently updates information on clinical morbidity, we operationalise a recursive semi-ordered probit model. Our approach allows for the estimation of the distributional effect of clinical morbidity on perceived health. This study establishes the superiority of inferences from the recursive model. We illustrated the model use for examining the endogeneity problem of perceived health for SAH, contributing to population health research and public policy development, in particular, towards the organisation of health systems.Pavitra PaulUlrich NguemdjoNatalia KovtunBruno VentelouMDPI AGarticleclinical morbidityendogeneityperceived healthrecursivesemi-orderedRussiaMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11153, p 11153 (2021)
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description	Self-assessed health (SAH) is a widely used tool to estimate population health. However, the debate continues as to what exactly this ubiquitous measure of social science research means for policy conclusions. This study is aimed at understanding the tenability of the construct of SAH by simultaneously modelling SAH and clinical morbidity. Using data from 17 waves (2001–2017) of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, which captures repeated response for SAH and frequently updates information on clinical morbidity, we operationalise a recursive semi-ordered probit model. Our approach allows for the estimation of the distributional effect of clinical morbidity on perceived health. This study establishes the superiority of inferences from the recursive model. We illustrated the model use for examining the endogeneity problem of perceived health for SAH, contributing to population health research and public policy development, in particular, towards the organisation of health systems.
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title	Does Self-Assessed Health Reflect the True Health State?
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Does Self-Assessed Health Reflect the True Health State?

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