title: The health status of the Singaporean population as measured by a multi-attribute health status system.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper presents an assessment of the health status of the Singaporean population by the Health Utilities Index (HUI) Mark 3 system. The HUI approach is a generic health status measure that uses a Multi-Attribute Health Status Classification (MAHSC) system. The assessment describes the health status of the population on eight aspects or dimensions of health: seeing, hearing, speaking, walking, use of hands and fingers, feelings, memory and thinking, and pain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differences in health status among different socio-economic and demographic groups are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study may help to better understand population health and health care needs and to plan health care services.
authors.affiliation: Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006285:Health Planning; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D012923:Social Class