Project Overview & Goals Develop a model of co-morbidity between CVD, diabetes & obesity at a small area level for England  Identify the underlying determinants of co-morbidity for CVD, diabetes & obesity at both the national and health authority region in England using the HSE  Using spatial microsimulation, develop baseline small-area population estimates of co-morbidity outcomes for England  Validate the baseline estimates of health service utilisation associated with those co-morbidities using administrative data supplied by East Kent Health Trust  Inform health policy, using East Kent as a case study area identifying areas of apparent under/over-utilisation
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