--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/research/measuring-the-appropriate-outcomes-for-better-decision-making-a-framework-to-guide-the-analysis-of-health-policy-2016-03/" title: "Measuring the Appropriate Outcomes for Better Decision-Making: A Framework to Guide the Analysis of Health Policy" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-06T15:22:37+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-06T15:22:37+00:00" post_type: "research" summary: "" post_tag: - "Canada" - "cost-benefit analysis" - "economic evaluation" - "health policy" - "inclusive growth" - "life expectancy" - "living standards" - "mortality" - "OECD" country_focus: - "Canada" province_region: - "National" research_theme: - "Economic Well-Being" - "Fiscal Policy" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/old-reports_hero_banner_bg.webp" status: "publish" --- # Measuring the Appropriate Outcomes for Better Decision-Making: A Framework to Guide the Analysis of Health Policy Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/research/measuring-the-appropriate-outcomes-for-better-decision-making-a-framework-to-guide-the-analysis-of-health-policy-2016-03/ # Measuring the Appropriate Outcomes for Better Decision-Making: A Framework to Guide the Analysis of Health Policy [Download full PDF report](https://csls.ca/pdf/csls2016-03-1.pdf) Cite this report × Cite this report as: Calver, Matthew. 2016. “Measuring the Appropriate Outcomes for Better Decision-Making: A Framework to Guide the Analysis of Health Policy.” CSLS Research Report 2016-03. Ottawa: Centre for the Study of Living Standards. https://csls.ca/research/measuring-the-appropriate-outcomes-for-better-decision-making-a-framework-to-guide-the-analysis-of-health-policy-2016-03/ ## Author: - Matthew Calver Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) ## Report 2016-03 March 2016 132 pages ## Related research [Living Standards Domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing Andrew Sharpe, Christopher Ross November 2011 | Report 2011-17 | 124 pages](https://csls.ca/research/living-standards-domain-of-the-canadian-index-of-wellbeing-2011-17/) [Productivity: Key to Economic Success Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) March 1998 | Report 1998-01 | 99 pages](https://csls.ca/research/productivity-key-to-economic-success/) [Apprenticeship in Canada: A Training System Under Siege? 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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) inclusive growth framework offers a novel approach for improved evaluation of policies which can address these concerns by aggregating societal outcomes in terms of income, life expectancy, unemployment rates and inequality into a single measure of living standards. We discuss the inclusive growth framework in the context of health policy and how it can be utilized by business leaders and policymakers to make superior policy decisions. Using an inclusive growth index of living standards developed by the OECD, we decompose growth in living standards (as defined by the OECD) due to increased life expectancy in Canada between 2000 and 2011 by cause of death and estimate the equivalent value of these reductions in mortality in terms of billions of dollars of income. We discuss factors underlying these reductions in mortality and suggest how they have been linked to policy. This exercise illustrates one way in which the inclusive growth framework can be used to evaluate the impacts of health policy. De nombreuses évaluations économiques existantes des politiques de santé reconnaissent les résultats multidimensionnels et l’importance d’une répartition équitable des avantages, mais n’intègrent pas tous les résultats pertinents dans une mesure globale unique aux fins de l’analyse coûts-avantages. Le cadre de croissance inclusive de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) propose une approche novatrice pour améliorer l’évaluation des politiques en répondant à ces préoccupations, en agrégeant les résultats sociétaux en matière de revenu, d’espérance de vie, de taux de chômage et d’inégalité en une seule mesure du niveau de vie. Nous examinons le cadre de croissance inclusive dans le contexte des politiques de santé et la façon dont il peut être utilisé par les chefs d’entreprise et les décideurs pour prendre de meilleures décisions politiques. À l’aide d’un indice de croissance inclusive du niveau de vie élaboré par l’OCDE, nous décomposons la croissance du niveau de vie (tel que défini par l’OCDE) attribuable à l’augmentation de l’espérance de vie au Canada entre 2000 et 2011, selon la cause de décès, et estimons la valeur équivalente de ces réductions de la mortalité en milliards de dollars de revenu. Nous examinons les facteurs sous-jacents à ces réductions de la mortalité et proposons des pistes pour les relier aux politiques publiques. Cet exercice illustre une façon dont le cadre de croissance inclusive peut être utilisé pour évaluer les répercussions des politiques de santé. [Download full PDF report](https://csls.ca/pdf/csls2016-03-1.pdf)