Developing a comprehensive time series of GDP per capita for 210 countries from 1950 to 2015Spencer L James
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 Fifth Ave, Suite 600, Seattle, WA, 98121, USA
Popul Health Metr 10:12. 2012
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Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009: a systematic analysisEmmanuela Gakidou
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Lancet 376:959-74. 2010
..We updated previous systematic assessments of educational attainment, and estimated the contribution of improvements in women's education to reductions in child mortality in the past 40 years...
- Net benefits: a multicountry analysis of observational data examining associations between insecticide-treated mosquito nets and health outcomes
Stephen S Lim
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
PLoS Med 8:e1001091. 2011
..Although the efficacy of ITNs in trials has been shown, evidence on their impact under routine conditions is limited to a few countries and the extent to which the scale-up of ITNs has improved population health remains uncertain...
- Assessment of population-level effect of Avahan, an HIV-prevention initiative in India
Marie Ng
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Lancet 378:1643-52. 2011
..It was launched in 2003 in six states with a total population of 300 million and a high HIV burden. We assessed the population-level effect of the first phase of Avahan (2003-08)...
- Measuring adult mortality using sibling survival: a new analytical method and new results for 44 countries, 1974-2006
Ziad Obermeyer
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
PLoS Med 7:e1000260. 2010
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- Management of diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors in seven countries: a comparison of data from national health examination surveys
Emmanuela Gakidou
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Bull World Health Organ 89:172-83. 2011
..To examine the effectiveness of the health system response to the challenge of diabetes across different settings and explore the inequalities in diabetes care that are attributable to socioeconomic factors...
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Christopher J L Murray
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle 98121, WA, USA
Lancet 380:2197-223. 2012
..We aimed to calculate disease burden worldwide and for 21 regions for 1990, 2005, and 2010 with methods to enable meaningful comparisons over time...
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Rafael Lozano
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
Lancet 380:2095-128. 2012
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- Incorporating loss to follow-up in estimates of survival among HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa enrolled in antiretroviral therapy programs
Stéphane Verguet
Department of Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Infect Dis 207:72-9. 2013
..We synthesized data from treatment cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa to estimate survival over 5 years after initiation of ART...
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Stephen S Lim
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Lancet 380:2224-60. 2012
..No complete revision of global disease burden caused by risk factors has been done since a comparative risk assessment in 2000, and no previous analysis has assessed changes in burden attributable to risk factors over time...
- India's Janani Suraksha Yojana, a conditional cash transfer programme to increase births in health facilities: an impact evaluation
Stephen S Lim
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Lancet 375:2009-23. 2010
..We independently assessed the effect of JSY on intervention coverage and health outcomes...
- Improving the public health utility of global cardiovascular mortality data: the rise of ischemic heart disease
Ryan M Ahern
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 2301 Fifth Ave, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Popul Health Metr 9:8. 2011
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- Understanding the decline of mean systolic blood pressure in Japan: an analysis of pooled data from the National Nutrition Survey, 1986-2002
Nayu Ikeda
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 86:978-88. 2008
..To assess the relationships between the observed drop in mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) in Japan in 1986-2002 and the use of antihypertensive treatment and lifestyle factors...
- Fifty years of violent war deaths from Vietnam to Bosnia: analysis of data from the world health survey programme
Ziad Obermeyer
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
BMJ 336:1482-6. 2008
..To provide an accurate estimate of violent war deaths...
