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How can we make international comparisons of infant mortality in high income countries based on aggregate data more relevant to policy?

BACKGROUND: Infant mortality rates are commonly used to compare the health of populations. Observed differences are often attributed to variation in child health care quality. However, any differences are at least partly explained by variation in the prevalence of risk factors at birth, such as low...

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Autores principales: Zylbersztejn, Ania, Gilbert, Ruth, Hjern, Anders, Hardelid, Pia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29258452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1622-z