Inequalities in Health: Methodological Approaches to Spatial Differentiation

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43310%2F21%3A43920589" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43310/21:43920589 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312275" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312275</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312275" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph182312275</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Inequalities in Health: Methodological Approaches to Spatial Differentiation

Original language description

The prevalence of inequalities in the general health position of communities can be assessed by using selected determinants. The aims of this article are three-fold: (1) to apply a comprehensive approach to the assessment of inequalities in the general health position of communities, (2) to determine the spatial differentiation of determinants, and (3) to present selected assessment methods and their impact on the results. To present a quantitative assessment of these inequalities in health status in communities, a composite indicator (Health Index) was developed. This Health Index is composed of 8 areas of evaluation and 60 indicators which include, amongst others, determinants of health status and healthcare at district level (LAU 1) in the Czech Republic. The data are evaluated using multicriteria decision-making methods (the WSA and TOPSIS methods). Findings suggest that, when all eight domains are assigned the same weight of one, the spatial differentiation among the districts is similar when using both methods. If different weightings are assigned to the districts, changes occur in both the index values and the rankings of the analyzed districts. For example, the allocation of weightings in both methods results in a rearrangement of the ranking of districts for which the Health Index is around the average.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL03000202" target="_blank" >TL03000202: Health Inequalities in the Czech Republic: Importance and Relationship of Health Determinants of Population in Territorial Disparities</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1661-7827

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

23

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

12275

UT code for WoS article

000735161700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85119621780