Health ranking of the largest US counties using the community health status indicators peer strata and database

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 401-405

  Kanarek, Norma ^a   Tsai, Hua Ling ^b   Stanley, Jennifer ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Community health assessment; Community Health Status Indicators; population health; population health care access; population risk factors; ranking; United States cities; United States counties; urban health

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; NEOPLASM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80051694636     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318205413c     Document Type: Article

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