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ReviewFrontiers in public health2019

"Mendelian Randomization" Approach in Economic Assessment of Health Conditions.

Vipin Gupta, Mohinder P Sachdeva, Gagandeep Kaur Walia

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vipin GuptaDepartment of Anthropology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Mohinder P SachdevaDepartment of Anthropology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Gagandeep Kaur WaliaPublic Health Foundation of India, Gurugram, India.
University of Delhi · INPublic Health Foundation of India · IN

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increased prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) is reflected in the rising economic burden of health conditions. Observational studies conducted in health economics research are detecting associations of NCDs or related risk factors with economic measures like health insurance, economic inequalities, accessibility of jobs, education, annual income, health expenditure, etc. The inferences of such relationships do not prove causation and are limited to associations which are many times influenced by confounding factors and reverse causation. Mendelian randomization (MR) approach is a useful method for exploring causal relations between modifiable risk factors and measures of health economics. The application of MR in economic assessment of health conditions has been started and is producing fruitful results.

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epidemiologygeneshealth economicsMendelian randomizationpublic health

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PMID30778381
PMCPMC6369183
OpenAlexW2912095855

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