Publications – Health Systems Innovation Lab

Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure on medicine in Europe: Longitudinal analysis of 13 European countries between 2013 and 2015.

Author(s): Palladino R, Pan T, Mercer SW, Atun R, McPake B, Rubba F, Triassi M, Lee JTJournal: Front Public HealthPMID: 36684900 January 2023

Many European Health Systems are implementing or increasing levels of cost-sharing for medicine in response to the growing constrains on…

Estimated economic burden of genital herpes and HIV attributable to herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in 90 low- and middle-income countries: A modeling study.

Author(s): Silva S, Ayoub HH, Johnston C, Atun R, Abu-Raddad LJJournal: PLoS MedPMID: 36520853 December 2022

Economic losses due to herpes simplex infections in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are unknown. We estimated economic and quality-of-life…

Sentiment Analysis in Understanding the Potential of Online News in the Public Health Crisis Response.

Author(s): Marques T, Cezário S, Lacerda J, Pinto R, Silva L, Santana O, Ribeiro AG, Cruz AS, Miranda AE, Cadaxa A, Núñez LS, Gonçalo Oliveira H, Atun R, Valentim RJournal: Int J Environ Res Public HealthPMID: 36554680 December 2022

This study analyzes online news disseminated throughout the pre-, during-, and post-intervention periods of the "Syphilis No!" Project, which was…

Estimating the total incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents aged 0-19 years from 1990 to 2050: a global simulation-based analysis.

Author(s): Ward ZJ, Yeh JM, Reddy CL, Gomber A, Ross C, Rittiphairoj T, Manne-Goehler J, Abdalla AT, Abdullah MA, Ahmed A, Ankotche A, Azad K, Bahendeka S, Balde N, Jain SM, Kalobu JC, Karekezi C, Kol H, Prasannakumar KM, Leik SK, Mbanya JC, Mbaye MN, Niang B, Paturi VR, Raghupathy P, Ramaiya K, Sethi B, Zabeen B, Atun RJournal: Lancet Diabetes EndocrinolPMID: 36372070 November 2022

Previous studies of type 1 diabetes in childhood and adolescence have found large variations in reported incidence around the world.…

Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for medicines in China and India.

Author(s): La DTV, Zhao Y, Arokiasamy P, Atun R, Mercer S, Marthias T, McPake B, Pati S, Palladino R, Lee JTJournal: BMJ Glob HealthPMID: 36328381 November 2022

Using nationally representative survey data from China and India, this study examined (1) the distribution and patterns of multimorbidity in…

Cost-Effectiveness of 5 Public Health Approaches to Prevent Eating Disorders.

Author(s): Long MW, Ward ZJ, Wright DR, Rodriguez P, Tefft NW, Austin SBJournal: Am J Prev MedPMID: 36109308 September 2022

Eating disorders cause suffering and a high risk of death. Accelerating the translation of research into implementation will require intervention…

The socioeconomic gradient of alcohol use: an analysis of nationally representative survey data from 55 low-income and middle-income countries.

Author(s): Xu Y, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Marcus ME, Zhumadilov Z, Quesnel-Crooks S, Mwalim O, Moghaddam SS, Koolaji S, Karki KB, Farzadfar F, Ebrahimi N, Damasceno A, Aryal KK, Agoudavi K, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies J, Jaacks LM, Vollmer S, Probst CJournal: Lancet Glob HealthPMID: 35961350 September 2022

Alcohol is a leading risk factor for over 200 conditions and an important contributor to socioeconomic health inequalities. However, little…

Patterns of tobacco use in low and middle income countries by tobacco product and sociodemographic characteristics: nationally representative survey data from 82 countries.

Author(s): Theilmann M, Lemp JM, Winkler V, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus ME, Probst C, Lopez-Arboleda WA, Ebert C, Bommer C, Mathur M, Andall-Brereton G, Bahendeka SK, Bovet P, Farzadfar F, Ghasemi E, Mayige MT, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Mwangi KJ, Naderimagham S, Sturua L, Atun R, Davies JI, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Geldsetzer PJournal: BMJPMID: 36041745 August 2022

To determine the prevalence and frequency of using any tobacco product and each of a detailed set of tobacco products,…

The Association of Socioeconomic Status With Hypertension in 76 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Author(s): Kirschbaum TK, Sudharsanan N, Manne-Goehler J, De Neve JW, Lemp JM, Theilmann M, Marcus ME, Ebert C, Chen S, Yoosefi M, Sibai AM, Rouhifard M, Moghaddam SS, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Jorgensen JMA, Houehanou C, Farzadfar F, Damasceno A, Bovet P, Bahendeka SK, Aryal KK, Andall-Brereton G, Davies JI, Atun R, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks LM, Geldsetzer PJournal: J Am Coll CardiolPMID: 35981824 August 2022

Effective equity-focused health policy for hypertension in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires an understanding of the condition's current socioeconomic…

Quantifying the primary and secondary effects of antimicrobial resistance on surgery patients: Methods and data sources for empirical estimation in England.

Author(s): Naylor NR, Evans S, Pouwels KB, Troughton R, Lamagni T, Muller-Pebody B, Knight GM, Atun R, Robotham JVJournal: Front Public HealthPMID: 36033764 August 2022

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) may negatively impact surgery patients through reducing the efficacy of treatment of surgical site infections, also known…