Enabling the examination of long-term mortality trends by educational level for England and Wales in a time-consistent and internationally comparable manner
Studying long-term trends in educational inequalities in health is important for monitoring and policy evaluation. Data issues regarding the allocation of people to educational groups hamper the study and inte... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - March 9, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Fanny Janssen, Wanda Van Hemelrijck, Eva Kagenaar and Alison Sizer Tags: Research Source Type: research

The impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy across socioeconomic groups in Denmark
Denmark was one of the few countries that experienced an increase in life expectancy in 2020, and one of the few to see a decrease in 2021. Because COVID-19 mortality is associated with socioeconomic status (S... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 7, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Cosmo Strozza, Serena Vigezzi, Julia Callaway and Jos é Manuel Aburto Tags: Research Source Type: research

Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia
Accurate measurement of children ’s anthropometry is of central importance for the assessment of nutritional status as well as for the evaluation of nutrition-specific interventions. Social distancing requireme... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 31, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: G ünther Fink, Mpela Chembe, Savanna Henderson, Peter C Rockers and Doug Parkerson Tags: Research Source Type: research

War and Population Health: there is no metric for the horror
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Source: Population Health Metrics - January 30, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jonathan M. Samet Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Collider and reporting biases involved in the analyses of cause of death associations in death certificates: an illustration with cancer and suicide
Mortality data obtained from death certificates have been studied to explore causal associations between diseases. However, these analyses are subject to collider and reporting biases (selection and informatio... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 14, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Moussa Laanani, Vivian Viallon, Jo ël Coste and Grégoire Rey Tags: Research Source Type: research

Characteristics of hemoglobin distributions in preschool children and non-pregnant women of reproductive age and their implications for establishing quality control criteria for hemoglobin data in field surveys: evidence from 483 surveys conducted in refugee settings worldwide
Currently, there is a lack of clear guidance on hemoglobin (Hb) data quality parameters and plausible flagging ranges for population-representative surveys. There is a need to determine which properties of Hb ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - November 9, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Oleg Bilukha, Behzad Kianian and Kaitlyn L. I. Samson Tags: Research Source Type: research

Constructing synthetic populations in the age of big data
To develop public health intervention models using micro-simulations, extensive personal information about inhabitants is needed, such as socio-demographic, economic and health figures. Confidentiality is an e... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 31, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mioara A. Nicolaie, Koen F üssenich, Caroline Ameling and Hendriek C. Boshuizen Tags: Research Source Type: research

A novel comorbidity index in Italy based on diseases detected by the surveillance system PASSI and the Global Burden of Diseases disability weights
Understanding comorbidity and its burden characteristics is essential for policymakers and healthcare providers to allocate resources accordingly. However, several definitions of comorbidity burden can be foun... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 30, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Angela Andreella, Lorenzo Monasta and Stefano Campostrini Tags: Research Source Type: research

Measuring unequal distribution of pandemic severity across census years, variants of concern and interventions
The COVID-19 pandemic stressed public health systems worldwide due to emergence of several highly transmissible variants of concern. Diverse and complex intervention policies deployed over the last years have ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 29, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Quang Dang Nguyen, Sheryl L. Chang, Christina M. Jamerlan and Mikhail Prokopenko Tags: Research Source Type: research

Analytical reference framework to analyze non-COVID-19 events
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the healthcare system, leading to delays in detection of other non-COVID-19 diseases. This paper presents ANE Framework (Analytics for Non-COVID-19 Events), a reliable and u... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 21, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mar ía del Pilar Villamil, Nubia Velasco, David Barrera, Andrés Segura-Tinoco, Oscar Bernal and José Tiberio Hernández Tags: Research Source Type: research

Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries: measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population ageing
Current measures for monitoring progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) do not adequately account for populations that do not have the same level of access to quality care services and/or financial pr... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 15, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Paul Kowal, Barbara Corso, Kanya Anindya, Flavia C. D. Andrade, Thanh Long Giang, Maria Teresa Calzada Guitierrez, Wiraporn Pothisiri, Nekehia T. Quashie, Herney Alonso Rengifo Reina, Megumi Rosenberg, Andy Towers, Paolo Miguel Manalang Vicerra, Nadia Min Tags: Research Source Type: research

Flexible parametric methods for calculating life expectancy in small populations
Life expectancy is a simple measure of assessing health differences between two or more populations but current life expectancy calculations are not reliable for small populations. A potential solution to this... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 13, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Freya Tyrer, Yogini V. Chudasama, Paul C. Lambert and Mark J. Rutherford Tags: Research Source Type: research

The fraction of life years lost after diagnosis (FLYLAD): a person-centred measure of cancer burden
Cancer control initiatives are informed by quantifying the capacity to reduce cancer burden through effective interventions. Burden measures using health administrative data are a sustainable way to support mo... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 13, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: David Banham, Jonathan Karnon, Alex Brown, David Roder and John Lynch Tags: Research Source Type: research

Equity assessment of maternal and child healthcare benefits utilization and distribution in public healthcare facilities in Bangladesh: a benefit incidence analysis
The distribution of healthcare services should be based on the needs of the population, regardless of their ability to pay. Achieving universal health coverage implies first ensuring that people of all income ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 5, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nurnabi Sheikh, Marufa Sultana, Abdur Razzaque Sarker and Alec Morton Tags: Research Source Type: research

Correction: The confidante method to measure abortion: implementing a standardized comparative analysis approach across seven contexts
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Source: Population Health Metrics - August 1, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Onikepe O. Owolabi, Margaret Giorgio, Ellie Leong and Elizabeth Sully Tags: Correction Source Type: research