Discussion papers
The discussion papers below are a series of papers generated by the former Cluster on Evidence and Information for Policy.
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1: Progress and directions in refining the Global Burden of Disease Approach: A response to Williams
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2: A critical examination of summary measures of population health
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3: Methods for modeling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
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4: Development of WHO guidelines on generalised cost-effectiveness analysis
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5: A Framework for measuring health inequality
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6: A WHO Framework for Health System Performance Assessment
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8: WHO System of Model Life Tables
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9: Life Tables for 191 Countries: Data, Methods and Results
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10: Methods for life expectancy and healthy life expectancy uncertainty analysis
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11: Compositional models for mortality by age, sex and cause
pdf, 495kb -
12: Miscoding and misclassification of ischaemic heart disease mortality
pdf, 303kb -
13: Cancer incidence, mortality and survival by site for 14 regions of the world
pdf, 485kb -
14: Cross-population comparability of self-reported and physician-assessed mobility levels: evidence from the third national health and nutrition examination survey
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15: Comparative analyses of more than 50 household surveys on health status
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16: Estimates of DALE for 191 countries: methods and results
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18: An individual-level approach to health inequality: child survival in 50 countries
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20: Measuring preferences on health system performance assessment
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21: Measuring responsiveness: results of a key informants survey in 35 countries
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22: Estimating responsiveness level and distribution for 191 countries: methods and results
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23: World Health Organization (WHO): strategy on measuring responsiveness
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24: Defining and measuring fairness in financial contribution to the health system
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25: Provision of personal and non-personal health services: proposal for monitoring
pdf, 348kb -
27: Estimates of National Health Accounts (NHA) for 1997
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28: Overall health system achievement for 191 countries
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29: The comparative efficiency of national health systems in producing health: an analysis of 191 countries
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30: Measuring overall health system performance for 191 countries
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31: Age standardization of rates: a new WHO standard
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32: A framework for measuring responsiveness
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33: Modeling the effects of health on economic growth
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34: Uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analyses: probabilistic uncertainty analysis and stochastic league tables
pdf, 127kb -
35: Enhancing cross-population comparability of survey results
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36: The Global Burden of Disease 2000 project: aims, methods and data sources
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37: WHO multi-country survey study on health and responsiveness 2000-2001
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38: Estimates of healthy life expectancy for 191 countries in the year 2000: methods and results
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39: Modified Logit Life Table System: Principles, Empirical Validation and Application
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40: Life tables for 191 countries for 2000: data, methods, results
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41: Using vignettes to improve cross-population comparability of health surveys: concepts, design, and evaluation techniques
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42: Statistical models for enhancing cross-population comparability
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43: Describing population health in six domains: comparable results from 66 household surveys
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44: Estimating permanent income using indicator variables
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45: The conceptual basis for measuring and reporting on health
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46: Cross-population comparability of evidence for health policy
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47: National health accounts: concepts, data sources and methodology
pdf, 702kb -
48: Towards better stewardship: concepts and critical issues
pdf, 219kb -
49: Human, physical and intellectual resource generation - proposals for monitoring
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50: Global Burden of Disease 2000: Version 2 methods and results
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51: Patterns of global health expenditures: results for 191 countries
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52: Medical savings accounts: lessons learned from international experience
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53: The domains of health responsiveness: a human rights analysis
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54: Global Burden of Disease in 2002: data sources, methods and results
pdf, 845kb