Child mortality in the US and 19 OECD comparator nations: A 50-year time-trend analysis

Health Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 140-149

  Thakrar, Ashish P ^a   Forrest, Alexandra D ^b   Maltenfort, Mitchell G ^c   Forrest, Christopher B ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; Demography; Developed world < international global health studies; Epidemiology; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FIREARM; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046734707     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0767     Document Type: Article

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