Area deprivation measures used in Brazil: a scoping review

• Main Authors: Maria Yury Travassos Ichihara (Author), Dandara Ramos (Author), Poliana Rebouças (Author), Flávia Jôse Oliveira (Author), Andrêa J. F. Ferreira (Author), Camila Teixeira (Author), Mirjam Allik (Author), Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi (Author), Mauricio L. Barreto (Author), Alastair H Leyland (Author), Ruth Dundas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe and assess currently used area-based measures of deprivation in Brazil for health research, to the purpose of informing the development of a future small area deprivation index. METHODS We searched five electronic databases and seven websites of Brazilian research inst...