Frohlich N, Mustard C
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Soc Sci Med. 1996 May;42(9):1273-81. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00220-0.
In most jurisdictions, information on socioeconomic attributes of geographic areas is readily available. As well, limited measures of health, such as mortality rates or indicators derived from health service use, are also routinely collected for geographically defined populations. In this paper we present a methodology for selecting and combining measures of area socioeconomic characteristics to produce a composite index which is relevant for health-related research. The performance of this composite index in this setting was consistent with deprivation indices developed in the United Kingdom, and showed strong associations with measures of population health status and health service utilization.
在大多数司法管辖区，地理区域的社会经济属性信息很容易获取。此外，还会定期收集针对地理区域界定人口的有限健康指标，如死亡率或从医疗服务使用情况得出的指标。在本文中，我们提出一种方法，用于选择和组合区域社会经济特征的测量指标，以生成一个与健康相关研究相关的综合指数。该综合指数在这种情况下的表现与英国制定的贫困指数一致，并与人口健康状况和医疗服务利用指标显示出强烈关联。
