Comparing population health in the United States and Canada

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Feeny, David ^a,b,c   Kaplan, Mark S ^d   Huguet, Nathalie ^d   McFarland, Bentson H ^e  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c Health Utilities Incorporated   (Canada)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LIVING STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951572920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-8-8     Document Type: Article

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