Conceptual Problems in Developing an Index of Health

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Conceptual Problems in Developing an Index of Health

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May 1966
By National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Series: NCHS NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series

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English

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National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Description:

Consideration of essential characteristics of an index using measures indicative of changing health status in the United States population, with review of previous studies of general health indexes. Problems in deciding what to measure are discussed and a method of measurement is proposed.
Subjects:
Keywords:
- health index
Source:

Other NCHS Survey or Data System
Series:

NCHS NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Report ; Statistics
Place as Subject:

United States
CIO:

National Center for Health Statistics
Topic:

Health Statistics
Pages in Document:

25pdf pages
Issue:

2
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13021/cdc_13021_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 2.14 MB]
Collection(s):

National Center for Health Statistics
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urn:sha-512:4b27db6f2d94ca18e9b2cb39cb78e3f0d73feefb00d863ec4e3681aa129ce4e8924ea26580924f06dd55bcef3f5c29ed83f2e3b002da2328b224408990096b94

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English

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