Trends in mortality due to cancer in the US by age and county-level income, 1999-2015.
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DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djz123
Abstract: Disparities in cancer mortality by county-level income have increased. It is unclear whether these widening disparities have affected older and younger adults equally. National death certificate data were utilized to ascertain cancer deaths during 1999-2015.… read more here.
Keywords: level income; 1999 2015; mortality; cancer ... See more keywords
Describing and assessing a new method of approximating categorical individual‐level income using community‐level income from the census (weighting by income probabilities)
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DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14026
Abstract: Abstract Objective To assess a new approach (weighting by “income probabilities [IP]”) that uses US Census data from the patients' communities to approximate individual‐level income, an important but often missing variable in health services research.… read more here.
Keywords: community; method; census; level income ... See more keywords
Contextual poverty and obtained educational level and income in Sweden and the Netherlands: A multi-scale and longitudinal study
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980221120492
Abstract: Studies of neighbourhood effects typically measure the neighbourhood context at one specific spatial scale. It is increasingly acknowledged, however, that the mechanisms through which the residential context affects individual outcomes may operate at different spatial… read more here.
Keywords: multi scale; obtained educational; educational level; sweden netherlands ... See more keywords
Area-level income disparities in colorectal screening in Canada: evidence to inform future surveillance.
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DOI: 10.3747/co.26.4279
Abstract: Background Participation in colorectal screening remains low even in countries with universal health coverage. Area-level determinants of low screening participation in Canada remain poorly understood. Methods We assessed the association between area-level income and two… read more here.
Keywords: colorectal screening; never screened; level income; area level ... See more keywords