Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH): Metrics, Incentives and Partnerships for Population Health

Published: July 2010

Authors: Kindig DA, Booske BC, Remington PL

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The July 2010 edition of Preventing Chronic Disease featured a set of essays and commentaries on selecting the best tools, or metrics, for measuring and monitoring the health of communities. The essays describe the characteristics of ideal metrics and explore their use in measuring various indicators of a community’s health, including health outcomes, health inequalities, health behaviors, health care access and quality; socioeconomic indicators, environmental factors; public health policies.

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Focus Area: Healthy Communities

Resource Type: Tools & Measures

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