History and Mission

The REVES network on health expectancies and the disability process, was set up in 1989 by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM, Montpellier), the Social Affairs Council, Quebec, Canada, and the Center for Demographic Studies, Durham, North Carolina, United States. REVES now includes over 150 scientists and policy makers representing 30 countries worldwide as well as a wide range of professional disciplines including demography, epidemiology, gerontology, sociology, psychology, public health, health economics, medicine, biology, and statistics.

The main objectives of the REVES network are to:

• promote the use of health expectancy for public policy and planning as well as for the evaluation of public health programs;
• undertake research and disseminate findings for the comparison and interpretation of health expectancies both cross-nationally and over time;
• research and promote the use of standardized methods for collection of underlying health and disability data and for calculation of health expectancies.

Executive Committee

The activities of the REVES network are managed by its Executive Committee. Its members are:

Head Office

The REVES administration is based at the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). The persons in charge are: