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Measuring the prevalence of chronic diseases using population surveys by pooling self-reported symptoms, diagnosis and treatments: results from the World Health Survey of 2003 for South Asia

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  • J.-F. Levesque
  • S. Mukherjee
  • D. Grimard
  • A. Boivin
  • S. Mishra

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Our expanded measure of chronic disease could form a basis for surveillance of chronic diseases in countries where health information systems have been poorly developed. It represents an interesting trade-off between the bias associated with usual surveillance data and costs. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2013

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  • J.-F. Levesque & S. Mukherjee & D. Grimard & A. Boivin & S. Mishra, 2013. "Measuring the prevalence of chronic diseases using population surveys by pooling self-reported symptoms, diagnosis and treatments: results from the World Health Survey of 2003 for South Asia," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 58(3), pages 435-447, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:58:y:2013:i:3:p:435-447
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0446-5
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