Using the Index of Concentration at the Extremes at multiple geographical levels to monitor health inequities in an era of growing spatial social polarization: Massachusetts, USA (2010–14)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 788-819

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Kim, Rockli ^a   Feldman, Justin ^a   Waterman, Pamela D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental poisoning; Chronic disease mortality; HIV AIDS; Income inequality; Premature mortality; Public health monitoring; Racial inequality; Residential segregation; Social inequality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDEX METHOD; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

BLACK PERSON; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEX OF CONCENTRATION AT THE EXTREMES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACIAL SEGREGATION; REVIEW;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85061061977     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy004     Document Type: Review

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