Can we monitor socioeconomic inequalities in health? A survey of U.S. Health Departments' data collection and reporting practices

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 481-494

  Krieger, Nancy ^a,b   Chen, Jarvis T ^a,b   Ebel, Gregory ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Dept of Health and Social Behavior ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0030735556     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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