Inappropriate use of global health metrics for analysis of the determinants of health.
Canning D.
Lancet. 2021 05 29. 397(10289):2048. PMID: 34062141
Primary Faculty
David Canning
Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and Professor of Economics and International Health
Global Health and Population
Bibliography
Facility distance and child mortality: a multi-country study of health facility access, service utilization, and child health outcomes.
Karra M, Fink G, Canning D.
Int J Epidemiol. 2017 06 01. 46(3):817-826. PMID: 27185809
Institutionalizing postpartum intrauterine device (IUD) services in Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Nepal: study protocol for a cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial.
Canning D, Shah IH, Pearson E, Pradhan E, Karra M, Senderowicz L, Bärnighausen T, Spiegelman D, Langer A.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 11 21. 16(1):362. PMID: 27871269
Attributes of patient-centered primary care associated with the public perception of good healthcare quality in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and El Salvador.
Doubova SV, Guanais FC, Pérez-Cuevas R, Canning D, Macinko J, Reich MR.
Health Policy Plan. 2016 Sep. 31(7):834-43. PMID: 26874326
Can social policy influence socioeconomic disparities? Korean War GI Bill eligibility and markers of depression.
Vable AM, Canning D, Glymour MM, Kawachi I, Jimenez MP, Subramanian SV.
Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Feb. 26(2):129-135.e3. PMID: 26778285
The Effects of Maternal Mortality on Infant and Child Survival in Rural Tanzania: A Cohort Study.
Finlay JE, Moucheraud C, Goshev S, Levira F, Mrema S, Canning D, Masanja H, Yamin AE.
Matern Child Health J. 2015 Nov. 19(11):2393-402. PMID: 26100131
Access to healthcare and financial risk protection for older adults in Mexico: secondary data analysis of a national survey.
Doubova SV, Pérez-Cuevas R, Canning D, Reich MR.
BMJ Open. 2015 Jul 21. 5(7):e007877. PMID: 26198427
Using interviewer random effects to remove selection bias from HIV prevalence estimates.
McGovern ME, Bärnighausen T, Salomon JA, Canning D.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2015 Feb 05. 15:8. PMID: 25656226
The impact of tobacco taxes on mortality in the USA, 1970-2005.
Bowser D, Canning D, Okunogbe A.
Tob Control. 2016 Jan. 25(1):52-9. PMID: 25352561
Optimal Retirement with Increasing Longevity.
Bloom DE, Canning D, Moore M.
Scand J Econ. 2014 Jul. 116(3):838-858. PMID: 24954970
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