Personalie vom 17. Dezember 2015
DIW GC almunus Nicolas Ziebarth was awarded the 2015 “Regionalisierte Versorgungsforschung” Science Award, together with co-author Peter Eibich. Their paper, “Examining the structure of spatial health effects in Germany using Hierarchical Bayes Models (PDF, 3.06 MB),” received the 5,000€ prize.
The investigation of Peter Eibich and Nicolas Ziebarth addresses the modeling and estimation of regional health differences in Germany. Their combination of three different methods allowed them to estimate the influence of regional factors on an individual's health and helps to identify patterns in regional health differences.