Epidemiological studies report confidence or uncertainty intervals around their estimates. Estimates of the burden of diseases and risk factors are subject to a broader range of uncertainty because of the combination of multiple data sources and value choices. Sensitivity analysis can be used to...

This paper examines the financing of tertiary education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, comparing the affordability and accessibility of tertiary education with that in high-income countries. To measure affordability, the authors estimate education costs, living costs, grants, and loans....

There is wide agreement that existing approaches to valuing noneconomic losses from personal injury lack coherence. We and others have previously noted the considerable potential for “health utility” measurement — an approach developed in health economics for valuing health outcomes in...