C J Murray

Summary

Affiliation: World Health Organization
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: I. Application of regional cancer survival model to estimate cancer mortality distribution by site
    Colin D Mathers
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    BMC Cancer 2:36. 2002
  2. ncbi Development of WHO guidelines on generalized cost-effectiveness analysis
    C J Murray
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
    Health Econ 9:235-51. 2000
  3. ncbi Stochastic league tables: communicating cost-effectiveness results to decision-makers
    R C Hutubessy
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy GPE, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Health Econ 10:473-7. 2001
  4. ncbi Comparative efficiency of national health systems: cross national econometric analysis
    D B Evans
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    BMJ 323:307-10. 2001
  5. ncbi Healthy life expectancy in 191 countries, 1999
    C D Mathers
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1211 27, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 357:1685-91. 2001
  6. ncbi Measuring quality: from the system to the provider
    D B Evans
    Evidence and Information for Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Int J Qual Health Care 13:439-46. 2001
  7. ncbi A critical examination of summary measures of population health
    C J Murray
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 78:981-94. 2000
  8. ncbi Defining and measuring health inequality: an approach based on the distribution of health expectancy
    E E Gakidou
    Economics Advisory Service, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 78:42-54. 2000
  9. ncbi A framework for assessing the performance of health systems
    C J Murray
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 78:717-31. 2000

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: I. Application of regional cancer survival model to estimate cancer mortality distribution by site
    Colin D Mathers
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    BMC Cancer 2:36. 2002
    ..For regions where information on the distribution of cancer deaths is not available, a site-specific survival model was developed to estimate the distribution of cancer deaths by site...
  2. ncbi Development of WHO guidelines on generalized cost-effectiveness analysis
    C J Murray
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
    Health Econ 9:235-51. 2000
    ..The proposed framework allows the identification of current allocative inefficiencies as well as opportunities presented by new interventions...
  3. ncbi Stochastic league tables: communicating cost-effectiveness results to decision-makers
    R C Hutubessy
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy GPE, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Health Econ 10:473-7. 2001
    ....
  4. ncbi Comparative efficiency of national health systems: cross national econometric analysis
    D B Evans
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    BMJ 323:307-10. 2001
    ..To improve the evidence base for health policy by devising a method to measure and monitor the performance of health systems...
  5. ncbi Healthy life expectancy in 191 countries, 1999
    C D Mathers
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1211 27, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 357:1685-91. 2001
    ..Although women live longer, they spend a greater amount of time with disability. As average levels of health expenditure per capita increase, healthy life expectancy increases at a greater rate than total life expectancy...
  6. ncbi Measuring quality: from the system to the provider
    D B Evans
    Evidence and Information for Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Int J Qual Health Care 13:439-46. 2001
    ..The second is the question of timing, including all the effects of current health actions now and in the future...
  7. ncbi A critical examination of summary measures of population health
    C J Murray
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 78:981-94. 2000
    ....
  8. ncbi Defining and measuring health inequality: an approach based on the distribution of health expectancy
    E E Gakidou
    Economics Advisory Service, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 78:42-54. 2000
    ..A firmer understanding of people's views on these normative choices will provide a basis for deliberating on a standard WHO measure of health inequality...
  9. ncbi A framework for assessing the performance of health systems
    C J Murray
    Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 78:717-31. 2000
    ..By investigating these four functions and how they combine, it is possible not only to understand the proximate determinants of health system performance, but also to contemplate major policy challenges...