Are well functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems associated with better health outcomes?

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10001, 2015, Pages 1386-1394

  Phillips, David E ^a   AbouZahr, Carla ^b   Lopez, Alan D ^c   Mikkelsen, Lene ^d   De Savigny, Don ^e   Lozano, Rafael ^f   Wilmoth, John ^g   Setel, Philip W ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d LM Consulting   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^g UN Population Division   (United States)

^h Union North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAL STATISTICS; WELLBEING; REGISTER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84944163137     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60172-6     Document Type: Review

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