Improving spatial microsimulation estimates of health outcomes by including geographic indicators of health behaviour: The example of problem gambling
Date
2017
Authors
Markham, Francis
Young, Martin
Doran, Bruce
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Elsevier
Abstract
Gambling is an important public health issue, with recent estimates ranking it as the third largest contributor of disability adjusted life years lost to ill-health. However, no studies to date have estimated the spatial distribution of gambling-related harm in small areas on the basis of surveys of problem gambling. This study extends spatial microsimulation approaches to include a spatially-referenced measure of health behaviour as a constraint variable in order to better estimate the spatial distribution of problem gambling. Specifically, this study allocates georeferenced electronic gaming machine expenditure data to small residential areas using a Huff model. This study demonstrates how the incorporation of auxiliary spatial data on health behaviours such as gambling expenditure can improve spatial microsimulation estimates of health outcomes like problem gambling.
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Spatial microsimulation, Model specification, Electronic gaming machines, Problem gambling, Gambling
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Source
Health & Place: An International Journal
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Journal article
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Open Access
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CC BY-NC-ND