Evidence and information for health policy: A decade of change

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 396-397

  Lopez, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0142229934     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05612.x     Document Type: Editorial

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