More Appropriate Evaluation Methods for Community-Level Health Interventions: Introduction to the Special Issue

Evaluation Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-243

  McKinlay, John B ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030153970     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000301     Document Type: Article

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