SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2013
Simulation models for socioeconomic inequalities in health: a systematic review.
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- Applications of Complex Systems Models to Improve Retail Food Environments for Population Health: A Scoping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- Addressing the socioeconomic divide in computational modeling for infectious diseases.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Evolution and Reproducibility of Simulation Modeling in Epidemiology and Health Policy Over Half a Century.Epidemiologic reviews · 2022Review
- Beyond Behaviour: How Health Inequality Theory Can Enhance Our Understanding of the 'Alcohol-Harm Paradox'.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Quantifying the impact of reducing socioeconomic inequalities in modifiable risk factors on mortality and mortality inequalities in South Korea.International journal of public health · 2019Article
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- From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: Future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation.Evaluation (London, England : 1995) · 2019Article
- Social Determinants of Mental Health: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
- Agent-Based Modeling in Public Health: Current Applications and Future Directions.Annual review of public health · 2018Review
- Big Data's Role in Precision Public Health.Frontiers in public health · 2018Review
- Trends in Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Interaction of Time, Group-Level Socioeconomic Status, and Individual-Level Race/Ethnicity.American journal of public health · 2017Article
- Big Data Science: Opportunities and Challenges to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities in the 21st Century.Ethnicity & disease · 2017Review
- Bed Capacity Planning Using Stochastic Simulation Approach in Cardiac-surgery Department of Teaching Hospitals, Tehran, Iran.Iranian journal of public health · 2016Article
- Social Determinants of Population Health: A Systems Sciences Approach.Current epidemiology reports · 2016Article
- Social determinants of health inequalities: towards a theoretical perspective using systems science.International journal for equity in health · 2015Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe emergence and evolution of socioeconomic inequalities in health involves multiple factors interacting with each other at different levels. Simulation models are suitable for studying such complex and dynamic systems and have the ability to test the impact of policy interventions in silico.
objectiveTo explore how simulation models were used in the field of socioeconomic inequalities in health.
methodsAn electronic search of studies assessing socioeconomic inequalities in health using a simulation model was conducted. Characteristics of the simulation models were extracted and distinct simulation approaches were identified. As an illustration, a simple agent-based model of the emergence of socioeconomic differences in alcohol abuse was developed.
resultsWe found 61 studies published between 1989 and 2013. Ten different simulation approaches were identified. The agent-based model illustration showed that multilevel, reciprocal and indirect effects of social determinants on health can be modeled flexibly. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsBased on the review, we discuss the utility of using simulation models for studying health inequalities, and refer to good modeling practices for developing such models. The review and the simulation model example suggest that the use of simulation models may enhance the understanding and debate about existing and new socioeconomic inequalities of health frameworks.
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