A wealth index to screen high-risk families: Application to Morocco

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-242

  Garenne, Michel ^a   Hohmann Garenne, Sophie ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Health indicators; Health inequalities; Health status; Inequalities; Insurance, health; Morocco; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOROCCO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOROCCO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346338304     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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