Performance in rate of decline of adult mortality in the OECD, 1970-2010

Health Policy

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-142

  Verguet, Stéphane ^a   Jamison, Dean T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult health; Country performance in health; Health system performance; High income countries; Level of mortality; Rate of decline of mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; HUMAN; JAPAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 84872348078     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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