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New algorithm for constructing area-based index with geographical heterogeneities and variable selection: An application to gastric cancer screening

To optimally allocate health resources, policy planners require an indicator reflecting the inequality. Currently, health inequalities are frequently measured by area-based indices. However, methodologies for constructing the indices have been hampered by two difficulties: 1) incorporating the geogr...

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Autores principales: Yoneoka, Daisuke, Saito, Eiko, Nakaoka, Shinji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27215347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep26582