Barbara M Altman

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Convergence and divergence: differences in disability prevalence estimates in the United States and Canada based on four health survey instruments
    Barbara M Altman
    Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Soc Sci Med 69:543-52. 2009
  2. ncbi Measuring disability and monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the work of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
    Jennifer H Madans
    National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    BMC Public Health 11:S4. 2011

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Publications2

  1. ncbi Convergence and divergence: differences in disability prevalence estimates in the United States and Canada based on four health survey instruments
    Barbara M Altman
    Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Soc Sci Med 69:543-52. 2009
    ..In terms of cross-cultural comparisons, the use of a common set of questions and answer categories and similar survey methodologies provides much more robust results...
  2. ncbi Measuring disability and monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the work of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
    Jennifer H Madans
    National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    BMC Public Health 11:S4. 2011
    ..This paper will describe the work of the Washington Group and explicate the applicability of its approach and the questions developed for monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...