A framework for identifying similarities among countries to improve cross-national comparisons of health systems

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1129-1135

  Bauer, David T ^a   Ameringer, Carl F ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Health care evaluation; Principal component analysis; World heath

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MORTALITY; OECD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY;

EID: 77957686453     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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