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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Main Author: Frederico C. Guanais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2013-09-01
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