NBER Project on Satellite National Health Accounts

Publications involving Tracking Population Health

U.S. Trends in Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy from 1987 to 2008: Combining National Surveys to More Broadly Track the Health of the Nation.
Stewart ST, Cutler DM & Rosen AB. American Journal of Public Health, 2013;103(11): e78–e87  
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Comparison of Trends in U.S. Health-Related Quality of Life over the 2000's Using the SF-6D, HALex, EQ-5D, and EQ-5D Visual Analog Scale versus a Broader Set of Symptoms and Impairments.
Stewart ST, Cutler DM & Rosen AB. Medical Care, 2014, 52(12):1010-6.

Forecasting the Effects of Obesity and Smoking on U.S. Life Expectancy. New England Journal of Medicine.361(23), 2252-2260.
Stewart, S. T., Rosen, A. B. & Cutler, D. M. (2009).

The Impact of Symptoms and Impairments on Overall Health in U.S. National Health Data.
Stewart, S. T., Woodward, R. M., Rosen, A.B. & Cutler, DM. Medical Care, 2008, 46(9):954-62.

A proposed method for monitoring U.S. population health: Linking symptoms, impairments, chronic conditions, and health ratings.
(NBER Working Paper No. 11358)
Stewart, S. T., Woodward, R. M. & Cutler, D. M. (2005).

The Contribution of Behavior Change and Public Health to Improved U.S. Population Health. NBER working paper 20631 & chapter in "Review of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Opportunities: Innovations in Population Health Metrics". NIH, Bethesda, MD.
(NBER Working Paper No. 20631)
Stewart, S.T. & Cutler D.M. (2014, in press)