Measuring the health of populations: explaining composite indicators

• Main Authors: Adnan A. Hyder (Author), Prasanthi Puvanachandra (Author), Richard H. Morrow (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: SAGE Publishing, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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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...