Zhuo Chen

Summary

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Evaluation of variance estimators for the concentration and health achievement indices: a Monte Carlo simulation
    Zhuo Chen
    Office of the Associate Director for Policy, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Health Econ 21:1375-81. 2012
  2. ncbi The role of geographic scale in testing the income inequality hypothesis as an explanation of health disparities
    Zhuo Chen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E33, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Soc Sci Med 75:1022-31. 2012
  3. ncbi Beefing up with the Chans: evidence for the effects of relative income and income inequality on health from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
    Zhuo Chen
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
    Soc Sci Med 66:2206-17. 2008
  4. ncbi Factors associated with differences in mortality and self-reported health across states in the United States
    Zhuo Chen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Health Policy 94:203-10. 2010
  5. ncbi Examining the role of gender in career advancement at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Zhuo Chen
    Office of Workforce and Career Development, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:426-34. 2010
  6. ncbi Calculating concentration index with repetitive values of indicators of economic welfare
    Zhuo Chen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Workforce and Career Development, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E94, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States
    J Health Econ 28:169-75. 2009
  7. ncbi Rationale for regular reporting on health disparities and inequalities - United States
    Benedict I Truman
    Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 60:3-10. 2011

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Evaluation of variance estimators for the concentration and health achievement indices: a Monte Carlo simulation
    Zhuo Chen
    Office of the Associate Director for Policy, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Health Econ 21:1375-81. 2012
    ..1 and is modest when the CI > 0.1. Published 2011. This article is a US Government work and is in the public domain in the USA...
  2. ncbi The role of geographic scale in testing the income inequality hypothesis as an explanation of health disparities
    Zhuo Chen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E33, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Soc Sci Med 75:1022-31. 2012
    ..The role of geographic scale should be more rigorously considered in social determinants of health research...
  3. ncbi Beefing up with the Chans: evidence for the effects of relative income and income inequality on health from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
    Zhuo Chen
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
    Soc Sci Med 66:2206-17. 2008
    ..Hence, the present study provides evidence supporting the hypothesis that relative income and income inequality affect obesity and hypertension, but no evidence that the effects on hypertension operated through effects on obesity...
  4. ncbi Factors associated with differences in mortality and self-reported health across states in the United States
    Zhuo Chen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Health Policy 94:203-10. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi Examining the role of gender in career advancement at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Zhuo Chen
    Office of Workforce and Career Development, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:426-34. 2010
    ..g., higher educational levels and more federal work experience). However, a substantial gap in promotion that cannot be explained by such characteristics has persisted, indicating continuing barriers in women's career advancement...
  6. ncbi Calculating concentration index with repetitive values of indicators of economic welfare
    Zhuo Chen
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Workforce and Career Development, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E94, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States
    J Health Econ 28:169-75. 2009
    ..Journal of Econometrics 77, 87-103), for consistent and replicable estimates of CI when there are a substantial number of ties of the welfare indicator...
  7. ncbi Rationale for regular reporting on health disparities and inequalities - United States
    Benedict I Truman
    Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 60:3-10. 2011
    ..S. federal laws and commonly used in the U.S. public health literature to refer to gaps in health between segments of the population...