Philip M. Hauser’s scientific contributions

... The infant mortality rate (IMR) is widely used in demographic, epidemiologic and sociological research. It is a measure not only used as a direct indicator of the risk of infant death but, given its sensitivity, indirectly as an indicator of overall population health, the availability and quality of health care services, and socio-economic status differentials (Hummer, 2005;Kinge & Kornstad, 2014;Kitagawa & Hauser, 1973;Link & Phelan, 1995;Ram et al., 2016;Stockwell et al., 1987;Stockwell et al., 2005). 1 Because statistical data are often used to guide health policy decisions, it is not surprising that the IMR is also used in this regard (Chen et al., 2016;Kleinman, 1986;Misra et al., 2004;Stockwell et al., 1987). Moreover, as observed by VanEenwyk and Macdonald (2012), questions concerning health outcomes and related health behaviours and environmental factors often are studied within small subgroups of a population because many activities to improve health affect relatively small populations. ...

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Estimating the stochastic uncertainty underlying sample-based estimates of infant mortality in the Philippines: a first-time application to a country in the Southeast Asia/Pacific Basin region Estimating the stochastic uncertainty underlying sample- based estimates of infant mortality in the Philippines: a first- time application to a country in the Southeast Asia/Pacific Basin region