Understanding population health terminology

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-161

  Kindig, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health determinants; Health outcomes; Health production function; Population health; Public health

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33847242236     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2007.00479.x     Document Type: Review

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