Indicators without a cause. Reflections on the development and use of indicators in health care from a public health perspective

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 433-438

  Klazinga, Niek ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Delnoij, Diana ^a   Verhoeff, Arnoud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health services; Health systems; Indicator; Management; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0035207120     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/13.6.433     Document Type: Article

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