Measuring Relationships between Doctor Densities and Patient Visits: A Dog’s Breakfast of Small Area Health Geographies

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumya Mazumdar ◽  
Nasser Bagheri ◽  
Paul Konings ◽  
Shanley Chong ◽  
Bin Jalaudin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Area ◽  
Area Health

The Use of Small Area Estimates in Place-Based Health Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 829-832
Author(s):  
Amanda Y. Kong ◽  
Xingyou Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ◽  
Secondary Use ◽  
Modeling Techniques ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Survey Estimates ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Area Health

Interest in the impact of the built environment on health behaviors, outcomes, and disparities is increasing, and the growing development of statistical modeling techniques has allowed researchers to better investigate these relationships. However, without enough data that are identifiable at smaller geographic levels (e.g., census tract), place-based health researchers are unable to reliably estimate the prevalence of a health outcome at these more granular and potentially more salient neighborhood levels. When reliable direct survey estimates cannot be produced because of small samples or a lack of samples, estimates based on small area estimation techniques are often used. As place-based health research and the production and secondary use of small area estimates increase, it is critical that researchers understand both the underlying methods used to create these estimates and their limitations. Without this foundation, researchers may fit inappropriate models, or interpret findings inaccurately. As a demonstrative example, we focus this discussion on the small area health indicator estimates recently produced through the 500 Cities Project by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the CDC Foundation.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Bayesian spatiotemporal latent models in small area health data

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1008-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jungsoon Choi ◽  
Andrew B. Lawson ◽  
Bo Cai ◽  
Md. Monir Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Small Area ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Latent Models ◽  
Area Health

scholarly journals Social Mechanisms in Epidemiological Publications on Small-Area Health Inequalities—A Scoping Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Alexandra Zolitschka ◽  
Oliver Razum ◽  
Jürgen Breckenkamp ◽  
Odile Sauzet
Keyword(s):  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
Area Health

scholarly journals Multiscale measurement error models for aggregated small area health data

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1201-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehreteab Aregay ◽  
Andrew B Lawson ◽  
Christel Faes ◽  
Russell S Kirby ◽  
Rachel Carroll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Error ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Error Models ◽  
Measurement Error Models ◽  
Area Health
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