Standardized mortality ratios by region of residence, Israel, 1987-1994: A tool for public health policy

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-131

  Ginsberg, Gary M ^a,b   Tulchinsky, Theodore H ^c   Salahov, Eduard ^a,d   Clayman, Marla ^a,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based public health policy; Health indicators; Health status evaluation; Israel; Small areas analysis; Standardized mortality ratios

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; JEW; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEPTICEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442581246     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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