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JAMA. 2001;285:1012.

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MMWR. 2000;50:61-62

CDC recently published "Measuring Healthy Days: Population Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life," the first comprehensive report to describe the validity and use of a set of survey measures developed by CDC and partners to track population health status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in states and communities.¹ The report is intended for public health professionals involved or interested in HRQOL surveillance or measurement. The report identifies the policy and conceptual origins of a brief set of healthy days HRQOL measures developed for use as public health outcome measures and summarizes the results of studies to test the measures' accuracy and consistency.

During January 1993–December 2000, approximately 1 million U.S. adults were asked Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System questions on self-rated health, recent physical and mental health, and activity limitations. State and local health officials can use the measures and data to help achieve the two major . . . [Full Text of this Article]