The power of data: Using routinely collected data to improve public health programmes and patient outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1154-1156

  Harries, Anthony D ^a,b   Zachariah, Rony ^c   Maher, Dermot ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low and middle income countries; Operational research; Programme data

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; PROGRAMME DATA;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84881647005     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12159     Document Type: Editorial

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