Mortality amenable to health care in the United States: The roles of demographics and health systems performance

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-429

  Schoenbaum, Stephen C ^a   Schoen, Cathy ^b   Nicholson, Jennifer L ^c   Cantor, Joel C ^d  

^a Josiah Macy Jr Foundation   (United States)

^b Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health care; health systems; mortality determinants; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054952493     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.42     Document Type: Article

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