European economic crisis and health inequities: research challenges in an uncertain scenario

Escolar-Pujolar, Antonio; Bacigalupe, Amaia; Sebastián, Miguel San

doi:10.1186/s12939-014-0059-5

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“…Such effects have already been observed in Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, and Portugal 11,12 . According to several studies, the increase in social inequalities constitutes one of the principal side effects of the structural adjustment policies adopted in the Southern European countries 10,13 .…”

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Crise econômica e desigualdades nos sistemas de saúde dos países do Sul da Europa

Serapioni

2017

Cad. Saúde Pública

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Crise econômica e desigualdades nos sistemas de saúde dos países do Sul da Europa

Serapioni

2017

Cad. Saúde Pública

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“…Due to the unprecedented financial crisis which has plagued many Governments worldwide, the accession to academic positions and research grants is becoming much more challenging than before (10). Therefore, the use of reliable science metrics by competitive funding systems and Universities will be gaining ever increasing importance for allowing an expectantly fair and objective scientists' evaluation.…”

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Scientist impact factor (SIF): a new metric for improving scientists’ evaluation?

Lippi

Mattiuzzi

2017

Ann. Transl. Med.

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Background: The publication of scientific research is the mainstay for knowledge dissemination, but is also an essential criterion of scientists' evaluation for recruiting funds and career progression. Although the most widespread approach for evaluating scientists is currently based on the H-index, the total impact factor (IF) and the overall number of citations, these metrics are plagued by some well-known drawbacks.Therefore, with the aim to improve the process of scientists' evaluation, we developed a new and potentially useful indicator of recent scientific output. Methods:The new metric scientist impact factor (SIF) was calculated as all citations of articles published in the two years following the publication year of the articles, divided by the overall number of articles published in that year. The metrics was then tested by analyzing data of the 40 top scientists of the local University.Results: No correlation was found between SIF and H-index (r=0.15; P=0.367) or 2 years H-index (r=−0.01; P=0.933), whereas the H-index and 2 years H-index values were found to be highly correlated (r=0.57; P<0.001). A highly significant correlation was also observed between the articles published in one year and the total number of citations to these articles in the two following years (r=0.62; P<0.001).Conclusions: According to our data, the SIF may be a useful measure to complement current metrics for evaluating scientific output. Its use may be especially helpful for young scientists, wherein the SIF reflects the scientific output over the past two years thus increasing their chances to apply to and obtain competitive funding.

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“…We tested all models with different age ranges but did not observe greatly different patterns in population composition or general model outcomes. To assure that neither the observed population nor the area‐specific “urbanicity” and environmental characteristics have dramatically changed over 13 years of observation, particularly in the light of substantial economic fluctuations since 2001 (Escolar‐Pujolar, Bacigalupe, & San Sebastian, ; Eurostat, ), we perform sensitivity tests for different time periods and with different age ranges.…”

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Urban environment and mortality differentials in Spain

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Viciana-Fernández³

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Population Space and Place

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Analyses of health and mortality disparities between today's urban and rural populations appear to be exclusively focused on vastly urbanising countries. By incorporating environmental data at census tract level and accounting for within‐area homogeneity, this work attempts to extend classic rural–urban comparisons. Geographical information is linked to a register‐based mortality follow up and Spanish census data for the autonomous community of Andalusia. We then apply mixed effects Cox proportional hazards models to estimate individual mortality differences and account for area variations between residential areas. Estimated effects suggest that the shared degree of “urbanicity” does not affect individual hazards of mortality, whereas environmental‐ and population‐based measures influence the relative risk of dying despite controlling for individual‐level risk factors. Although we do not find an impact of physical urban measures, our results reveal persistent that area‐related mortality disparities which can help to explain the mechanisms behind prevalent spatial‐temporal inequalities such as those in Andalusia.

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European economic crisis and health inequities: research challenges in an uncertain scenario

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Cited by 20 publications

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Crise econômica e desigualdades nos sistemas de saúde dos países do Sul da Europa

Crise econômica e desigualdades nos sistemas de saúde dos países do Sul da Europa

Scientist impact factor (SIF): a new metric for improving scientists’ evaluation?

Urban environment and mortality differentials in Spain

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