Using the diamond model to prioritize 30 causes of death by considering both the level of and inequality in mortality

Health Policy

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^a   Huang, Yu Tung ^b   Chiang, Tung Liang ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Mortality; Priority setting; Social inequalities; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054791290     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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