ArticleIsrael journal of health policy research2017
What can ecological studies tell us about death?
Article in Israel journal of health policy research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- COVID-19, body mass index and cholesterol: an ecological study using global data.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Contextual factors underpinning geographical inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in 100 FrenchEuropean journal of ageing · 2021Article
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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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