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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Main Authors: Adnan A. Hyder, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Richard H. Morrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
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Online Access:http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/96