Invisible nursing: Exploring health outcomes at a global level. Relationships between infant and under-5 mortality rates and the distribution of health professionals, GNP per capita, and female literacy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-40

  Robinson, Jane ^a,b   Wharrad, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Queen's Medical Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female literacy; GNP; Health economics; Health outcomes research; Health policy; Infant; International comparisons; Nurses; Physicians; Regression analyses; Under 5 mortality rates; United Nations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED NATIONS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0034219887     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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