Better health intelligence: A new era for civil registration and vital statistics?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lopez, Alan D ^a   Setel, Philip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Union North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloomberg; Causes of death; Civil registration; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIVIL REGISTRATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; REGISTRATION; VITAL STATISTICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGISTRIES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84926354686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0333-4     Document Type: Note

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