The right kind of evidence-integrating, measuring, and making it count in health equity research

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 925-936

  Martens, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health inequity measures; Integrated knowledge translation; Longitudinal analysis of socioeconomic gaps; Lorenz curve; Manitoba Centre for Health Policy; Relative versus absolute risk; The Need To Know Team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MANITOBA; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84878511812     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9738-y     Document Type: Article

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