Background This study examined the variation in city-level amenable mortality, ie mortality
due to conditions that can be mitigated in the presence of timely and effective healthcare, in …

Objectives: Amenable mortality is proposed as a health system performance measure, and
has been used in comparisons across countries and socio-economic strata. We assess its …

A recent paper in this journal raised questions as to the reliability, sensitivity and validity of
amenable mortality as an indicator of health system effectiveness. In this commentary, we …

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system effectiveness." Healthc Policy. 2014 Feb; 9 (3): 12-9. This is a comment on" What, if …

There has been growing interest in the comparison of health system performance within and
between countries. Yet, identifying practical and understandable ways to make these …

This article uses an ecological study design to explore intraurban health inequality in São
Paulo by examining neighborhoodlevel changes in mortality amenable to medical care. We …

BACKGROUND: There has been growing interest in the comparison of health system
performance within and between countries, using a range of different indicators. This study …

Background: Mortality amenable to health care services (“amenable mortality”) has been
defined as “premature deaths that should not occur in the presence of timely and effective …

Background While research continues into indicators such as preventable and amenable
mortality in order to evaluate quality, access, and equity in the healthcare, it is also …

The study had a three-fold objective:(i) to estimate the amenable mortality rates and trends
at a national and state level between 2000 and 2015 in Mexico;(ii) to estimate the …