The changing geography of clinical misery in England: lessons in spatio-temporal data analysis

Alexis Comber, Chris Brunsdon, Martin Charlton and John Cromby

Chapter 6 in Big Data Applications in Geography and Planning, 2021, pp 64-78 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter investigates the changing patterns of clinical Misery (depression, anxiety disorders), through patterns of Antidepressants and Anxiolytics (AD) prescribing rates (prescriptions per person). Misery measured in this way, has increased >40% nationally with greater increases in some areas. Rates were linked to individual deprivation domain scores (housing, crime, employment, etc), which in 2010 were evenly associated with AD prescribing rates. The impacts of austerity policies are evident in the increases in the association of Barriers to Housing and Services and Health, Deprivation and Disability deprivation scores with AD prescribing rates since 2015, and with Employment in 2019. The discussion describes a detailed research agenda for examining Misery, noting the need to shift narratives away from flimsy concepts of Well-being, and number of key rubrics for big data analysis are outlined. In these, the importance of data folding, investigation and visualizations are emphasized - 10km hexbins were used here to summarise annual prescribing rates. These form a key sequence in big data analysis of View -> Identify -> Refine -> Zoom.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Research Methods; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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