What can ecological studies tell us about death?
Abstract Using an ecological study design, Gordon et al. (Isr J Health Policy Res 6:39, 2017) demonstrate variations in mortality patterns across districts and sub-districts of Israel during 2008–2013. Unlike other epidemiological study designs, the units of analysis in ecological studies are groups...
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| description | Abstract Using an ecological study design, Gordon et al. (Isr J Health Policy Res 6:39, 2017) demonstrate variations in mortality patterns across districts and sub-districts of Israel during 2008–2013. Unlike other epidemiological study designs, the units of analysis in ecological studies are groups of people, often defined geographically, and the exposures and outcomes are aggregated, and often known only at the population-level. The ecologic study has several appealing characteristics (such as reliance on public-domain anonymous data) alongside a number of important potential limitations including the often mentioned ‘ecological fallacy’. Advantages and disadvantages of the ecological design are described briefly below. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1232d4697f2d461294d82c04dd71a1402022-12-22T01:27:16ZengBMCIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research2045-40152017-10-01611510.1186/s13584-017-0176-xWhat can ecological studies tell us about death?Yehuda Neumark0Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University of JerusalemAbstract Using an ecological study design, Gordon et al. (Isr J Health Policy Res 6:39, 2017) demonstrate variations in mortality patterns across districts and sub-districts of Israel during 2008–2013. Unlike other epidemiological study designs, the units of analysis in ecological studies are groups of people, often defined geographically, and the exposures and outcomes are aggregated, and often known only at the population-level. The ecologic study has several appealing characteristics (such as reliance on public-domain anonymous data) alongside a number of important potential limitations including the often mentioned ‘ecological fallacy’. Advantages and disadvantages of the ecological design are described briefly below.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-017-0176-xEcological fallacyEcological studiesEpidemiologyMortalityStudy design |
| spellingShingle | Yehuda Neumark What can ecological studies tell us about death? Israel Journal of Health Policy Research Ecological fallacy Ecological studies Epidemiology Mortality Study design |
| title | What can ecological studies tell us about death? |
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| title_fullStr | What can ecological studies tell us about death? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What can ecological studies tell us about death? |
| title_short | What can ecological studies tell us about death? |
| title_sort | what can ecological studies tell us about death |
| topic | Ecological fallacy Ecological studies Epidemiology Mortality Study design |
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