Country progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: Adjusting for socioeconomic factors reveals greater progress and new challenges

Globalization and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Cohen, Robert L ^a   Alfonso, Yira N ^a   Adam, Taghreed ^b   Kuruvilla, Shyama ^b   Schweitzer, Julian ^c   Bishai, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907958874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-014-0067-7     Document Type: Article

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