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Incorporating Gravity Model Principles into Disease Mapping
Author(s) -
Dreassi Emanuela,
Biggeri Annibale
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.200390006
Subject(s) - closeness , disease , statistics , bayesian probability , econometrics , mathematics , demography , medicine , geography , computer science , mathematical analysis , sociology
The space‐time variation of disease risk, considering the closeness and availability of care units, is studied by a hierarchical Bayesian model in a gravitational formulation. The pattern of mortality for Hodgkin's lymphoma over the last twenty‐five years in the Tuscany region and the evaluation of the consequences of distance from the nearest radiation‐therapy center are described. Results show a decrease in mortality for Hodgkin's lymphoma and the attraction exercised by each care units.