[Small area estimation of health indicators based on data from the Basque Country Health Survey]

Abstract

Health surveys are a key tool for decision-making in health policies and health services planning. The use of small-area statistical methods that use information at different geographic levels may be useful for estimating health indicators at a lower geographical level than originally considered in the survey design.

Keywords: Análisis de áreas pequeñas; Encuesta de salud; Estadística espacial; Health survey; Small area analysis; Spatial statistics.