Measuring the health of populations: explaining composite indicators
Indicators that summarise the health status of a population and that provide comparable measures of a population disease burden are increasingly vital tools for health policy decision making. Decisions concerning health systems across the world are greatly affected by changes in disease profiles and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Public Health Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/96 |