Measuring the health of communities-how and why?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 397-400

  Remington, Patrick L ^a   Booske, Bridget C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80051693768     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318222b897     Document Type: Note

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