A spatial model to quantify the mortality impact of service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: An ecological design utilizing data from South Africa

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sartorius, Kurt ^a   Sartorius, Benn KD ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Mortality; Population density; Poverty; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BAYES THEOREM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84873966090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-8     Document Type: Article

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