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The Palgrave handbook of global health data methods for policy and practice / Sarah B. Macfarlane, Carla AbouZa, editors.
LIBRA R859.7.D35 P35 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Palgrave handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--Statistics--Databases.
- Medical care.
- Medical informatics--International cooperation.
- Medical informatics.
- Public health--International cooperation.
- Public health.
- Globalization--Health aspects.
- Globalization.
- Databases as Topic.
- International cooperation.
- Medical care--Statistics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Databases as Topic.
- Genre:
- Databases.
- Physical Description:
- xliv, 532 pages : color charts ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Handbook of global health data methods for policy and practice
- Place of Publication:
- London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Summary:
- This handbook compiles methods for gathering, organizing and disseminating data to inform policy and manage health systems worldwide. Contributing authors describe national and international structures for generating data and explain the relevance of ethics, policy, epidemiology, health economics, demography, statistics, geography and qualitative methods to describing population health. The reader, whether a student of global health, public health practitioner, programme manager, data analyst or policymaker, will appreciate the methods, context and importance of collecting and using global health data.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1137549831
- 9781137549839
- OCLC:
- 1081435696
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