Municipal-level covariates of health status in Brazil: a proposed method for data interpolation
OBJECTIVE: To propose a method for the interpolation of yearly local-level covariates of health status that is suitable for panel data analysis of the effect of health services. METHODS: The proposed method distributes the yearly rate of growth of covariates at the regional level (e.g., state) from...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2013-09-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892013000900007&lng=en&tlng=en |