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Quantifying the global burden of mental disorders and their economic value by Arias, Daniel, Saxena, Shekhar, Verguet, Stéphane

“…Epidemiological and economic estimates suggest that the global burden of mental disorders is considerable, both in its impacts on human health and losses to…”
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Air pollution exposure disparities across US population and income groups by Jbaily, Abdulrahman, Zhou, Xiaodan, Liu, Jie, Lee, Ting-Hwan, Kamareddine, Leila, Verguet, Stéphane, Dominici, Francesca

“…Air pollution contributes to the global burden of disease, with ambient exposure to fine particulate matter of diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM 2.5 ) being…”
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Toward universal health coverage in the post-COVID-19 era by Verguet, Stéphane, Hailu, Alemayehu, Eregata, Getachew Teshome, Memirie, Solomon Tessema, Johansson, Kjell Arne, Norheim, Ole Frithjof

“…All countries worldwide have signed up to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and have committed to the objective of achieving ‘universal health…”
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The economic value of changing mortality risk in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic breakdown by cause of death by Khadka, Aayush, Verguet, Stéphane

“…Abstract Background We develop a framework for quantifying monetary values associated with changes in disease-specific mortality risk in low- and middle-income…”
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Examining the computation of the underlying components of DALYs by Verguet, Stéphane, Chakrabarti, Averi

“…Abstract Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) capture the mortality and morbidity arising from a disease: they incorporate the years of life lost (YLLs) and…”
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Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Health Policy Assessment: A Tutorial by Verguet, Stéphane, Kim, Jane J., Jamison, Dean T.

“…Health policy instruments such as the public financing of health technologies (e.g., new drugs, vaccines) entail consequences in multiple domains…”
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Alleviating the burden of diabetes with Health Equity Funds: Economic evaluation of the health and financial risk protection benefits in Cambodia by Feldhaus, Isabelle, Nagpal, Somil, Verguet, Stéphane

“…In Cambodia, diabetes caused nearly 3% of the country's mortality in 2016 and became the fourth highest cause of disability in 2017. Providing sufficient…”
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Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Address Health Equity Concerns by Cookson, Richard, PhD, Mirelman, Andrew J., PhD, Griffin, Susan, PhD, Asaria, Miqdad, MSc, Dawkins, Bryony, MSc, Norheim, Ole Frithjof, PhD, Verguet, Stéphane, PhD, J. Culyer, Anthony

“…Abstract This articles serves as a guide to using cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to address health equity concerns. We first introduce the "equity impact…”
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Impact of measles supplementary immunization activities on reaching children missed by routine programs by Portnoy, Allison, Jit, Mark, Helleringer, Stéphane, Verguet, Stéphane

“…•SIAs improve equity by increasing coverage beyond routine levels.•We quantified the likelihood that SIAs reach those w/ no prior measles vaccination.•The…”
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Quality of basic maternal care functions in health facilities of five African countries: an analysis of national health system surveys by Kruk, Margaret E, Dr, Leslie, Hannah H, PhD, Verguet, Stéphane, PhD, Mbaruku, Godfrey M, MD, Adanu, Richard M K, MBChB, Langer, Ana, MD

“…Summary Background Global efforts to increase births at health-care facilities might not reduce maternal or newborn mortality if quality of care is…”
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The health, financial and distributional consequences of increases in the tobacco excise tax among smokers in Lebanon by Salti, Nisreen, Brouwer, Elizabeth, Verguet, Stéphane

“…Tobacco use is a significant risk factor for the leading causes of death worldwide, including cancer, heart disease and stroke. Most of these deaths occur in…”
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Universal Public Finance of Tuberculosis Treatment in India: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis by Verguet, Stéphane, Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Jamison, Dean T.

“…Universal public finance (UPF)—government financing of an intervention irrespective of who is receiving it—for a health intervention entails consequences in…”
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Top and bottom longevity of nations: a retrospective analysis of the age-at-death distribution across 18 OECD countries by Verguet, Stéphane, Niwa, Miyu, Bolongaita, Sarah

“…Abstract Background Similar to the study of the distribution of income within countries, population-level health disparities can be examined by analyzing the…”
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Estimating and Comparing Health and Financial Risk Protection Outcomes in Economic Evaluations by Verguet, Stéphane, Norheim, Ole F.

“…Improving health and financial risk protection (FRP, the prevention of medical impoverishment) and their distributions is a major objective of national health…”
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Evolution in key indicators of maternal and child health across the wealth gradient in 41 sub-Saharan African countries, 1986-2019 by Lee, Yeeun, Bolongaita, Sarah, Sato, Ryoko, Bump, Jesse B, Verguet, Stéphane

“…Aggregate trends can be useful for summarizing large amounts of information, but this can obscure important distributional aspects. Some population subgroups…”
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Characterising the scale-up and performance of antiretroviral therapy programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational study using growth curves by Bigelow, Benjamin, Verguet, Stéphane

“…ObjectivesThe rate of change in key health indicators (eg, intervention coverage) is an understudied area of health system performance. Rates of change in…”
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Avoiding 40% of the premature deaths in each country, 2010–30: review of national mortality trends to help quantify the UN Sustainable Development Goal for health by Norheim, Ole F, Prof, Jha, Prabhat, Prof, Admasu, Kesetebirhan, MD, Godal, Tore, MD, Hum, Ryan J, MEng, Kruk, Margaret E, MD, Gómez-Dantés, Octavio, MD, Mathers, Colin D, PhD, Pan, Hongchao, PhD, Sepúlveda, Jaime, Prof, Suraweera, Wilson, MSc, Verguet, Stéphane, PhD, Woldemariam, Addis T, MD, Yamey, Gavin, MD, Jamison, Dean T, Prof, Peto, Richard, Prof

“…Summary Background The UN will formulate ambitious Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, including one for health. Feasible goals with some quantifiable,…”
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Comparative health systems analysis of differences in the catastrophic health expenditure associated with non-communicable vs communicable diseases among adults in six countries by Haakenstad, Annie, Coates, Matthew, Bukhman, Gene, McConnell, Margaret, Verguet, Stéphane

“…Abstract The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries may have implications for health system performance in the…”
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Dynamic modeling approaches to characterize the functioning of health systems: A systematic review of the literature by Chang, Angela Y., Ogbuoji, Osondu, Atun, Rifat, Verguet, Stéphane

“…Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the targets for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3. The impetus for UHC has led to an increased demand…”
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Universal free school meals: the future of school meal programmes? by Cohen, Juliana F W, Verguet, Stéphane, Giyose, Boitshepo Bibi, Bundy, Donald

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