So, everyone has been talking about this 776 figure and how bad it is
I wanted to figure out some point of reference as to how bad it might actually be #notmydebt #Robodebt 1/https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1097059649075978241 …
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People who received debt notices *may* be at a higher risk of death than the general population - it's hard to be sure - but the debt notices definitely didn't kill people en masse End 10/
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Worth noting - because it's my eternal bug-bear - that the ABSOLUTE risk of death appears to have been increased by 0.03% by debt notices, which is somewhat less impressive and scary as well
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CORRECTION TO THIS THREAD - I actually miscalculated the relative and absolute risk - I halved the estimate twice accidentally This is why peer review is important thank you
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The true relative risk is 3, or a 300% increased risk of death, and the absolute risk should be 0.07 or an 0.07% increased risk of death
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But still probably worth remembering that this is not very meaningful and we'd have to at the very minimum compare to other Centrelink recipients - not the general population like I did - to get a decent estimate
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It would be great to get an article on this topic in
@CroakeyNews If this doesn't fall under the definition of#SDOH I'm not sure what does.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. But this is an assumption....... I don't think you can jump to your conclusion. More information is required for sure.
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