The need for improved population estimates to improve the accuracy of mortality data cannot be underemphasised.
The first is to develop a multidisciplinary translation research agenda, including more clinical and population-based research, in the life cycle of research from the bench to improved population health outcomes [ 15, 16], and the second is to develop a stakeholder collaboration to effect evidence-based translation.
Lessons learned included the need for improved population estimates and standardized reporting procedures for improved data quality and dissemination; the importance of a simple and flexible model for data collection; and greater investment in supervising CHWs.
Ascension continues to lead the change toward improved population health.
We appraise here elements of such a strategy that will be critical if the promise of improved population health is to be realized.
Overuse of services that do not result in better patient outcomes can occur when incentives and structures are not aligned with achieving the objective of improved population health.
We describe the differences and similarities across the programs in defining and improving quality as an embedded process essential for HSS to achieve the goal of improved population health.
Applying an evidence-based framework to public health practice is essential for effective program and policy planning, implementation, and evaluation and has the potential for improved population health outcomes [ 1, 2].
The intrinsic link between human population distribution and land cover [11], particularly settlements, means that such data offer the best opportunity for improved population mapping.
Both hospital-payment arrangements increase the amount of resources going into the health system (with potentially important distributional consequences), yet patient-based/casemix systems seem to do better in translating the additional resources into improved population health.
