Variations in amenable mortality-Trends in 16 high-income nations

Health Policy

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-52

  Nolte, Ellen ^a,b   McKee, Martin ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amenable mortality; Cross national comparison; Health system performance; Population health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80054776385     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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