Linking household surveys and facility assessments: a comparison of geospatial methods using nationally representative data from Malawi
Linking facility and household surveys through geographic methods is a popular technique to draw conclusions about the relationship between health services and population health outcomes at local levels. These... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 10, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Michael A. Peters, Diwakar Mohan, Patrick Naphini, Emily Carter and Melissa A. Marx Tags: Research Source Type: research
Frequent use of emergency departments and chronic conditions in ageing societies: a retrospective analysis based in Italy
Most western countries are facing relevant demographic changes, and the percentage of older people is destined to rise in the next decades. This fact is likely to affect the sustainability of healthcare system... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - November 9, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Enrico di Bella, Luca Gandullia, Lucia Leporatti, Walter Locatelli, Marcello Montefiori, Luca Persico and Roberta Zanetti Tags: Research Source Type: research
Social network-based measurement of abortion incidence: promising findings from population-based surveys in Nigeria, Cote d ’Ivoire, and Rajasthan, India
Monitoring abortion rates is highly relevant for demographic and public health considerations, yet its reliable estimation is fraught with uncertainty due to lack of complete national health facility service s... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 19, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Suzanne O. Bell, Mridula Shankar, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Anoop Khanna, Hyacinthe Kouakou Andoh, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Danish Ahmad, Georges Guiella, Saifuddin Ahmed and Caroline Moreau Tags: Research Source Type: research
A latent class analysis of attitudes concerning the acceptability of intimate partner violence in rural Senegal
Research concerning the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV), particularly in less developed areas of the world, has become prominent in the last two decades. Although a number of potenti... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 15, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: John Sandberg, Rosalind Fennell, Yacine Boujija, Laetitia Douillot, Valerie Delaunay, Simona Bignami, Wubin Xie, Cheikh Sokhna and Steven Rytina Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assessing coverage of essential maternal and child health interventions using health-facility data in Uganda
Nationally representative household surveys are the gold standard for tracking progress in coverage of life-saving maternal and child interventions, but often do not provide timely information on coverage at t... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 9, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Elizabeth M. Simmons, Kavita Singh, Jamiru Mpiima, Manish Kumar and William Weiss Tags: Research Source Type: research
Measuring the prevalence of 60 health conditions in older Australians in residential aged care with electronic health records: a retrospective dynamic cohort study
The number of older Australians using aged care services is increasing, yet there is an absence of reliable data on their health. Multimorbidity in this population has not been well described. A clear picture ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 8, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Kimberly E. Lind, Magdalena Z. Raban, Lindsey Brett, Mikaela L. Jorgensen, Andrew Georgiou and Johanna I. Westbrook Tags: Research Source Type: research
The burden of tuberculosis and attributable risk factors in Brazil, 1990 –2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
In this study, we present estimates for TB burden in Brazil from 1990 to 2017 using data from the Global Burden of ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 30, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Francisco Rogerl ândio Martins-Melo, Juliana Maria Trindade Bezerra, David Soeiro Barbosa, Mariângela Carneiro, Kleydson Bonfim Andrade, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Mohsen Naghavi and Guilherme Loureiro Werneck Tags: Research Source Type: research
The burden of disease among Brazilian older adults and the challenge for health policies: results of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Brazil is the world ’s fifth most populous nation, and is currently experimenting a fast demographic aging process in a context of scarce resources and social inequalities. To understand the health profile of o... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 30, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Val éria Maria de Azeredo Passos, Ana Paula Silva Champs, Renato Teixeira, Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa, Renata Kirkwood, Renato Veras, Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Ana Maria Nogales, Maria Inês Schmidt, Bruce Bartholow Duncan, Ewerton Cousin, Mohsen Na Tags: Research Source Type: research
Association between firearms and mortality in Brazil, 1990 to 2017: a global burden of disease Brazil study
This study aims to analyze trends in and burden of mortality by firearms, according t... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 30, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Deborah Carvalho Malta, Adauto Martins Soares Filho, Isabella Vitral Pinto, Maria Cec ília de Souza Minayo, Cheila Marina Lima, Ísis Eloah Machado, Renato Azeredo Teixeira, Otaliba Libânio Morais Neto, Roberto Marini Ladeira, Edgar Merchan-Hamann, Mari Tags: Research Source Type: research
The GBD Brazil network: better information for health policy decision-making in Brazil
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Source: Population Health Metrics - September 30, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Deborah Carvalho Malta, Val éria Maria de Azeredo Passos, Ísis Eloah Machado, Maria de Fatima Marinho Souza and Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro Tags: Introduction Source Type: research
Trends in prevalence and mortality burden attributable to smoking, Brazil and federated units, 1990 and 2017
The present study sought to analyze smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable mortality estimates produced by the 2017 Global Burden of Disease Study for Brazil, 26 states, and the Federal District. (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 30, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Deborah Carvalho Malta, Luisa Sorio Flor, Ísis Eloah Machado, Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes, Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Renato Azeredo Teixeira, Eduardo Marques Macário, Marissa B. Reitsma, Scott Glenn, Mohsen Naghavi and Tags: Research Source Type: research
Estimating completeness of national and subnational death reporting in Brazil: application of record linkage methods
In Brazil, both the Civil Registry (CR) and Ministry of Health (MoH) Mortality Information System (SIM) are sources of routine mortality data, but neither is 100% complete. Deaths from these two sources can be... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 4, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Luiz Fernando Lima Costa, Marli de Mesquita Silva Montenegro, Dacio de Lyra Rabello Neto, Antonio Tadeu Ribeiro de Oliveira, Jose Eduardo de Oliveira Trindade, Tim Adair and Maria de Fatima Marinho Tags: Research Source Type: research
The cross-sectional average length of healthy life (HCAL): a measure that summarizes the history of cohort health and mortality
Healthy life years have superseded life expectancy (LE) as the most important indicator for population health. The most common approach to separate the total number of life years into those spent in good and p... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 31, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Markus Sauerberg, Michel Guillot and Marc Luy Tags: Research Source Type: research
Estimating the number and length of episodes in disability using a Markov chain approach
Markov models are a key tool for calculating expected time spent in a state, such as active life expectancy and disabled life expectancy. In reality, individuals often enter and exit states recurrently, but st... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 29, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Christian Dudel and Mikko Myrskyl ä Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparison of three small-area mortality metrics according to urbanity in Korea: the standardized mortality ratio, comparative mortality figure, and life expectancy
This study aimed to compare three small-area level mortality metrics according to urbanity in Korea: the standardized mortality ratio (SMR), comparative mortality figure (CMF), and life expectancy (LE) by urba... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 3, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ikhan Kim, Hwa-Kyung Lim, Hee-Yeon Kang and Young-Ho Khang Tags: Research Source Type: research
