Health planning: putting the weight where it belongs.
With the advent of such far reaching developments as national formulae for revenue and capital allocations, it is becoming increasingly important that full account is taken of the demographic structure of populations creating demands and using services. K. M. Cottrell, regional statistician, North Western RHA, describes the derivation and application of an age-sex index.
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