Public health indicators for the EU: the joint action for ECHIM (European Community Health Indicators & Monitoring)
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Public health indicators for the EU: the joint action for ECHIM (European Community Health Indicators & Monitoring)
BACKGROUND Public health policies aim to improve and maintain the health of citizens. Relevant data and indicators are needed for a health policy that is based on factual information. After 14 years of work (1998-2012), the multi-phase action on European Community Health Indicators (ECHI) has created a health monitoring and reporting system. It has generated EU added value by defining the ECHI ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2049-3258
DOI: 10.1186/0778-7367-71-12