Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10062, 2016, Pages e19-e23

  Stevens, Gretchen A ^a   Alkema, Leontine ^b   Black, Robert E ^c   Boerma, J Ties ^a   Collins, Gary S ^d   Ezzati, Majid ^e   Grove, John T ^f   Hogan, Daniel R ^a   Hogan, Margaret C ^g   Horton, Richard ^h   Lawn, Joy E ⁱ   Marušić, Ana ^j   Mathers, Colin D ^a   Murray, Christopher J L ^k   Rudan, Igor ^l   Salomon, Joshua A ^m   Simpson, Paul J ⁿ   Vos, Theo ^k   Welch, Vivian ^o,p  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^h THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^m HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ PLOS Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^o BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; DISEASES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CHECKLIST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS;

EID: 84979680780     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30388-9     Document Type: Review

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