A framework for the identification and classification of homogeneous socioeconomic areas in the analysis of health care variation

A framework for the identification and classification of homogeneous socioeconomic areas in the analysis of health care variation

Abstract Background Detecting the variation of health indicators across similar areas or peer geographies is often useful if the spatial units are socially and economically meaningful, so that there is a degree of homogeneity in each unit. Indices are frequently constructed to generate summaries of...

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Main Authors: Ludovico Pinzari, Soumya Mazumdar, Federico Girosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
Homogeneity
Geographic variation
Socioeconomic
Peer groups
Reporting
Disadvantage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-018-0162-8

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