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March 2003, Vol 93, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 380-383
© 2003 American Public Health Association

MODELS FOR POPULATION HEALTH

What Is Population Health?

David Kindig, MD, PhD and Greg Stoddart, PhD

David Kindig is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Medicine, Madison. Greg Stoddart is with the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Health Science Centre, Hamilton, Ontario.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to David A. Kindig, MD, PhD, Suite 760, 610 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53726-2397 (e-mail: dakindig{at}facstaff.wisc.edu).

Population health is a relatively new term that has not yet been precisely defined. Is it a concept of health or a field of study of health determinants?

We propose that the definition be "the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group," and we argue that the field of population health includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link these two.

We present a rationale for this definition and note its differentiation from public health, health promotion, and social epidemiology. We invite critiques and discussion that may lead to some consensus on this emerging concept.




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