Can a deterministic spatial microsimulation model provide reliable small-area estimates of health behaviours? An example of smoking prevalence in New Zealand

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 618-624

  Smith, Dianna M ^a   Pearce, Jamie R ^b   Harland, Kirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microsimulation; New Zealand; New Zealand Health; Smoking; Synthetic estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CENSUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH STATUS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SMOKING; SPATIAL MICROSIMULATION MODEL; VALIDITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79952486552     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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