consistent with the philosophy of establishing priorities across broad clusters of causes for which the public health response …Background Reliable information on causes of death is a fundamental component of health development strategies, yet … reporting systems there are useful models other than resource-intensive population-wide medical certification. Sample …

systems are historically under-funded. …

the disease impact number (DIN) in health policy decision making. Design: Review of literature and calculation of PIN and … DIN statistics in different settings. Setting: Previously proposed extensions to the number needed to treat (NNT): the DIN … permit the DIN and PIN to be used to assist health policy makers assign a population perspective to measures of risk. …

Registration of births, recording deaths by age, sex and cause, and calculating mortality levels and differentials are … fundamental to evidence-based health policy, monitoring and evaluation. Yet few of the countries with the greatest need for these … data have functioning systems to produce them despite legislation providing for the establishment and maintenance of vital …

life lost (YLLs) averted, and the health service costs were modelled, based on the epidemiology and the costs of colorectal … aged 55 to 69 years could avert 250 deaths per annum (95% uncertainty interval 99-400), at a gross cost of $A55 million (95 … health gain) than including the 50 to 54-year-olds. Conclusions: The findings of this study support the case for a national …

by 3.1% of total, increase by 44 the prostate cancer deaths at an ICER of $24,000/DALY (gross) and $14,000/DALY (net …). Conclusions: These findings, with an overall health benefit at moderate cost and acceptable ICER, support the case for …