[Use of a simplified method of calculation of mean life expectancy for patients with specific diseases].

In connection with the introduction of new economic mechanisms in public health a necessity has arisen for thorough and comprehensive evaluation of final results of the performance of curative and preventive institutions and some of their units, which are the positive changes in the population health. A great number of indicators reflecting some aspects of population health demand the search of integral evaluation methods. The indicator of mean life expectancy and its modifications is one of such integral indicators. Mean life expectancy indicators of patients with certain nosology and deficiency of mean life expectancy from some diseases in dynamics permit one to evaluate the measures taken to control these or those diseases and their cost-effectiveness which is of importance in evaluating the contribution of labour of medical personnel to the reduction of mortality from specific diseases. The paper provides simplified methods for calculating the above-mentioned indicators which in contrast to classical methods do not require complex mathematical calculations and therefore are intelligible for public health bodies and institutions of any level.