farmaecFARMAKOEKONOMIKA. Modern Pharmacoeconomics and PharmacoepidemiologyФАРМАКОЭКОНОМИКА. Современная фармакоэкономика и фармакоэпидемиология2070-49092070-4933IRBIS LLC10.17749/2070-4909.2017.10.4.031-036farmaec-216Research ArticleOriginal ArticleОригинальные статьиSOURCES OF BIAS IN SELF-ASSESSED HEALTHИСТОЧНИКИ ИСКАЖЕНИЙ В САМООЦЕНКЕ ЗДОРОВЬЯГерриК. Д.GerryC. J.

Герри Кристофер Джон – кандидат наук, профессор российской и евроазиатской политической экономии школы междисциплинарных исследований колледжа Святого Антония ОУ; заведующий международной лабораторией экономики реформы здравоохранения, Институт социального анализа и прогнозирования РАНХиГС.

Оксфорд, графство Оксфордшир; просп. Вернадского, д. 82, Москва, 119571

Gerry Christopher John – PhD, Professor of Russian and Eurasian Political Economy, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Governing Fellow of St Antony’s College OU; Head of the International Laboratory of Health Reform Economics, Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting  RPANEPAd.

62 Woodstock Road, Oxford; prosp. Vernadskogo, 82, Moscow,119571

christopher.gerry@sant.ox.ac.ukБайдинВ. М.BaydinV. M.

Bалерий Михайлович Байдин – стажер-исследователь.

Valerii Mikhailovich Baidin – probationer.

Nastasyinsky per., 3-2,Moscow, 127006

vbaydin@nifi.ruКолледж Святого Антония Оксфордского университета; Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте Российской Федерации»ВеликобританияThe St. Antony’s College, Oxford University; Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationUnited KingdomФедеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение «Научно-исследовательский финансовый институт» Министерства финансов Российской ФедерацииРоссияResearch Financial Institution of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Federal State Budget InstitutionRussian Federation2017150220181043136Copyright © Gerry C.J., Baydin V.M., 20182018Герри К.Д., Байдин В.М.Gerry C.J., Baydin V.M.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.pharmacoeconomics.ru/jour/article/view/216

Self-assessed health (SAH) is a widely used measure in public health research. The World Health Organization in 1996 recommended the use of SAH as one of the main indicators for monitoring the health and quality of life of the population. However, SAH is a subjective indicator and subject to bias stemming from individual characteristics and external factors. In this review paper, we classify self-reported health and the sources of potential bias in this measure which must be considered by academic researchers as well as in the evaluation and comparison of these indicators.

Самооценка здоровья широко используется при проведении исследований здоровья. Всемирная организация здравоохранения в 1996 г. рекомендовала к использованию показатель самооценки здоровья как один из основных индикаторов для мониторинга здоровья и качества жизни населения. Однако самооценка здоровья является субъективным показателем и подвержена искажениям от индивидуальных характеристик индивида и внешних факторов. В данной работе приводится классификация заявленного здоровья. Подробно излагаются источники искажений самооценки здоровья, которые необходимо учитывать при работе, оценке и сравнении данных показателей.

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