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Toward an index of preventable mortality.

PubMedPublished 1 May 1981
Woolsey Td
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Abstract

This report presents a research study on the development of an index that reflects the extent to which an areas mortality rates exceed the lowest possible rates that could be achieved at this epoch in the United States. The index is applied to mortality rates in 19 selected health service areas during 1969-71. (EXCERPT)

Keywords

Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance