The Population Health Model (POHEM): An overview of rationale, methods and applications

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hennessy, Deirdre A ^a   Flanagan, William M ^a   Tanuseputro, Peter ^b,c   Bennett, Carol ^b,d   Tuna, Meltem ^b,d   Kopec, Jacek ^e   Wolfson, Michael C ^f   Manuel, Douglas G ^a,b,c,d,g  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH POLICY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE MODEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION HEALTH MICROSIMULATION MODEL; POPULATION MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM IMPACT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84940566054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-015-0057-x     Document Type: Review

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