Rationale: Self-rated general health (SRGH) is commonly used in surveys to assess overall health status at the national and sub-national levels, particularly in the absence of more expensive measured tests. However, the validity and comparability of SRGH as a global health measure have been...

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...

Studdert et al examine why making compensation of noneconomic damages in personal-injury litigation more rational and predictable is socially valuable. Noneconomic-damages schedules as an alternative to caps are discussed, several potential approaches to construction of schedules are reviewed,...

Obesity has risen dramatically in the past few decades. However, the relative contribution of energy intake and energy expenditure to rising obesity is not known. Moreover, the extent to which social and economic factors tip the energy balance is not well understood. In this longitudinal...

This report reviews performance of Uganda's health sector and assesses options for increasing total health spending and improving efficiency of health spending to improve health, nutrition, and population outcomes. Although Uganda's health outcomes are improving, the country is unlikely to...