The majority of urban inhabitants in low-and middle-income country (LMIC) cities live in
deprived urban areas. However, policy efforts and the monitoring of global goals and …

Background Studying social disparities in health implies the ability to measure them
accurately, to compare them between different areas or countries and to follow trends over …

Background Despite a concerted policy effort in Europe, social inequalities in health are a
persistent problem. Developing a standardised measure of socioeconomic level across …

Background Area-based measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) suitable for
epidemiological research are lacking in Switzerland. The authors developed the Swiss …

An intermediate-level treatment of Bayesian hierarchical models and their applications, this
book demonstrates the advantages of a Bayesian approach to data sets involving inferences …

Introduction In order to study social health inequalities, contextual (or ecologic) data may
constitute an appropriate alternative to individual socioeconomic characteristics. Indices can …

Disease Mapping: From Foundations to Multidimensional Modeling guides the reader from
the basics of disease mapping to the most advanced topics in this field. A multidimensional …

Background In aggregate studies, ecological indices are used to study the influence of
socioeconomic status on health. Their main limitation is ecological bias. This study assesses …

Urban sprawl is now a common and threatening phenomenon in Europe, severely affecting
environmental and economic sustainability. An analytical characterization and measurement …

Multivariate disease mapping refers to the joint mapping of multiple diseases from regionally
aggregated data and continues to be the subject of considerable attention for biostatisticians …