Open AccessComprehensive index for community health assessment of typical district administrative units in Maharashtra State, India
Author(s) -
Prakash Prabhakarrao Doke
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.193339
Subject(s) - index (typography) , unit (ring theory) , confusion , environmental health , health services , state (computer science) , community health , business , socioeconomics , geography , medicine , health care , economic growth , population , computer science , mathematics , economics , psychology , mathematics education , world wide web , psychoanalysis , algorithm
Health administrators require status of health of different administrative units under them. Use of large number of indicators may create confusion and uncertainty about health status. Availability of a comprehensive index is certainly useful.