Correlating pharmaceutical data with a national health survey as a proxy for estimating rural population health
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chronic disease accounts for nearly three-quarters of US deaths, yet prevalence rates are not consistently reported at the state level and are not available at the sub-state level. This makes it difficult to assess trends in prevalen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-09-01
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Series: | Population Health Metrics |
Online Access: | http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/8/1/25 |