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Using Metrics to Improve Population Health
A logic model with theoretical, philosophical, or political grounding is an essential first step. A model conceptualizes the production of population health, and metrics are chosen on the basis of that conceptualization. To achieve population health, for example, should we seek improvements in access to care, in medical or disease conditions, or in the social, political, and economic underpinni...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0355-3140,1795-990X
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.821