Murray, ET;
Shelton, N;
Norman, P;
Head, J;
(2022)
Measuring the health of people in places: A scoping review of OECD member countries.
Health & Place
, 73
, Article 102731. 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102731.
Preview |
Text
1-s2.0-S1353829221002276-main.pdf - Published Version Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
A scoping review was performed to identify how Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries measure overall health for sub-national geographies within each country. Sixty publications were selected from MEDLINE, Scopus and Google Scholar, plus information extracted from 37 of 38 OECD countries statistical agency and/or public health institute websites that were available in English. Data sources varied by categorisation into national statistical agency mortality (n = 7) or population-level survey morbidity (n = 5) health indicators. Region was the most common geographic scale (e.g., eight indicators for 26 countries), slightly fewer indicators for urban areas (max countries per most frequent indicator = 24), followed by municipality (range of 1-14 countries per indicator). Other geographies, particularly those at smaller granularity, were infrequently available across health indicators and countries. Wider availability of health indicators at smaller, and non-administrative, geographies is needed to explore the best way to measure comparative population health in local areas.
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
