Effect of healthcare on mortality: Trends in avoidable mortality in Australia and comparisons with Western Europe

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-105

  Korda, R J ^a   Butler, Jim R G ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Avoidable mortality; Europe; Mortality trends

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 30544454520     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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