When we think of the causal effect of living in one neighbourhood compared to another we think of how the social interactions and lifestyle of that area produce better outcomes. Does living in an area with more obese people cause me to… Read More »The trouble with estimating neighbourhood effects, part 2
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit… Read More »Sam Watson’s journal round-up for 25th June 2018
Variations in admissions to NHS hospitals are the source of a great deal of consternation. Over the long-run, admissions and the volume of activity required of the NHS have increased, without equivalent increases in funding or productivity. Over the course… Read More »Variations in NHS admissions at a glance
One of the advantages of writing blogs is that it can help to refresh and consolidate you thoughts on a topic. And when you spend a lot of time writing stats code, other people’s blogs that discuss how to code specific… Read More »Geostatistical modelling with R and Stan
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit our Resources… Read More »Sam Watson’s journal round-up for 10th October 2016
Decision models can be very useful. They can also be very bad. ISPOR and SMDM recently got together to form the Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force and have produced a set of reports. One of the reports, by David… Read More »Call for a model registry