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ArticleHealth economics2016

Foreword: Health Economic Evaluations in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Methodological Issues and Challenges for Priority Setting.

Catherine Pitt, Anna Vassall, Yot Teerawattananon, Ulla K Griffiths, Lorna Guinness, Damian Walker, Nicola Foster, Kara Hanson

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Article in Health economics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Catherine PittDepartment of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Anna VassallDepartment of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Yot TeerawattananonHealth Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ulla K GriffithsDepartment of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Lorna GuinnessDepartment of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Damian WalkerThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA.
Nicola FosterHealth Economics Unit, School of Public health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kara HansonDepartment of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Developing CountriesEconomics, MedicalHealth Care CostsHealth Services ResearchCost-Benefit Analysiscost-effectivenesseconomic evaluationlow-income countriesmiddle-income countriespriority setting

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PMID26804357
PMCPMC5066637

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