International health statistics
Subtitle: what the numbers mean for the United States.
Contributors: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Series: Background paper / Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress; Background paper (United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment)
Publisher: Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Health status indicators.; Health status indicators -- Evaluation.; Health status indicators -- United States.; Public health -- Statistics.; Medical statistics.
Description: And findings -- Purposes and limitations of international health comparisons -- Sociodemographic characteristics of comparison countries -- Infant mortality -- Mortality comparisons -- Morbidity, disability, and quality-of-life indicators -- Health related behaviors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-163).
"November 1993."
"OTA-BP-H-116."