Citation

Congdon P. J. Geogr. Syst. 2003; 5(2): 161-184.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10109-003-0099-7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A methodology is proposed for modelling spatially varying predictor effects on a disease or mortality count outcome. The methodology may be extended to multivariate outcomes, so that one may assess the similarity of spatial patterning of regression effects between outcomes. Another extension involves longitudinal data, where a number of modelling structures are possible. The methodology is illustrated by suicide mortality in 32 London Boroughs over the period 1979-1993, in terms of area deprivation and a measure of social fragmentation.

Language: en

Keywords

Epidemiology; Suicide; Health resourcing; Random efffects; Spatial heterogeneity