Health statistics now: are we making the right investments?

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9563, 2007, Pages 779-786

  Boerma, J Ties ^a   Stansfield, Sally K ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Health Metrics Network   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNDING; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33847277212     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60364-X     Document Type: Review

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