Why Functioning Should Be Used as a Population Health Indicator? A Discussion of a Chilean Population Study
The analysis of the Chilean population revealed that performance values, as an expression of functioning, do not correlate with morbidity or mortality rates. This discrepancy underscores the limitations of relying solely on traditional health indicators to capture the complexity of population health. Our findings support the conceptual value of functioning as a complementary and distinct health indicator, rather than a proxy for morbidity or mortality.
Authors
- Luciana Castaneda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8573-342X)
- Shamyr Sulyvan de Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2661-7899)
- Valeria Campos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0697-1345)
- Ricardo Cartes‐Velásquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-7324)
- Marina Carvalho Arruda Barreto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2505-6188)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Ceará (BR)
- Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Universidad Autónoma de Chile (CL)
- San Sebastián University (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13131606
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.13