Data systems linking social determinants of health with health outcomes: Advancing public goods to support research and evidence-based policy and programs

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 6-13

  Sadana, Ritu ^a   Harper, Sam ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80655147319     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s302     Document Type: Editorial

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