OBH delivered an in-depth presentation on national HEALTHSPAN® in England, and how this objective population-level measure of the amount of time individuals spend in good health is derived and how the data can be used by the NHS to drive change. Catch up on the session on the FutureNHS AnalystX site here.
- HEALTHSPAN is a measure within the National Bridges to Health Segmentation Dataset and a view in the Population Health and Person Insight (PaPI) Dashboard. It has been developed using routinely collected, linked national longitudinal health and care data for all ages and can be tracked with monthly granularity. (More on PaPI on the FutureNHS PaPI website)
- HEALTHSPAN is a measure of when people develop their first significant long term condition, and the average age at which this occurs within a population.
- HEALTHSPAN is assessed in the context of Lifespan (the age at which people die); the ratio of HEALTHSPAN to Lifespan shows the proportion of a population’s life spent in good health.
HEALTHSPAN is a vital emerging outcome for health systems implementing population health management solutions. The ability to measure HEALTHSPAN accurately is essential for the planning, payment and delivery of healthcare services around improving the amount of time individuals spend in good health.
More information about OBH’s work on national HEALTHSPAN with NHS England can be found on OBH’s HEALTHSPAN webpage.
