An equity-Effectiveness framework linking health programs and healthy life expectancy

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-319

  Banham, David ^a   Lynch, John ^b   Karnon, Jon ^b  

^a SA Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; DALY; health care; health equity; health inequalities; patient reported outcome measures; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82155188475     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY11034     Document Type: Article

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