[Health status evaluation in cities of the Silesia Voivodship--model studies]

This paper presents the synthetic measure of health evaluation, which was used for model studies on populations of cities with poviat status in Silesia Voivodship. The study describes theoretical foundations for applying multidimensional comparative analysis in evaluation of the people health status. The range of entrance variables has been defined and selected. They have represented the following: demographic and economic variables, health needs variables, social variables and health service supplies variables. The examined cities have been assessed by means of the partial criteria and on the basis of the synthetic measure. According to the obtained results the examined cities were ranked and classified to a determined group. The results of model studies were also given.