The Community Explorer: Informing Policy with County-Level Data

Lopez, Claude and Butler, Brittney (2021): The Community Explorer: Informing Policy with County-Level Data.

Abstract

This report proposes a new approach to investigate US health disparities that focuses on understanding populations' specificities before looking at their health profile. It first identifies the US's different populations or communities based on their behavioral, demographic, economic, and social profiles. Then it links these profiles to chronic disease prevalence rates. https://milkeninstitute.org/reports/community-explorer-county-level

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Community, Disparities, Health policy, machine learning
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C38 - Classification Methods ; Cluster Analysis ; Principal Components ; Factor Models; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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