Effect of area-level socioeconomic deprivation on mental and physical health: a longitudinal natural experiment among refugees in Germany

Existing studies on contextual health effects struggle to account for compositional bias, limiting causal interpretation. We use refugee dispersal in Germany as a natural experiment to study the effect of area-level socioeconomic deprivation on mental and physical health, while considering the poten...

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Main Authors: Biddle, Louise (Author) , Bozorgmehr, Kayvan (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: March 2024
In: SSM - population health
Year: 2024, Volume: 25, Pages: 1-11
ISSN:2352-8273
DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101596
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101596
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Author Notes:Louise Biddle, Kayvan Bozorgmehr

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