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Andrew M. Briggs

Researcher at Curtin University

Publications -  199
Citations -  12914

Andrew M. Briggs is an academic researcher from Curtin University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 179 publications receiving 5945 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew M. Briggs include St. Vincent's Health System & Government of Western Australia.

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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Theo Vos, +2419 more
- 17 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: Global health has steadily improved over the past 30 years as measured by age-standardised DALY rates, and there has been a marked shift towards a greater proportion of burden due to YLDs from non-communicable diseases and injuries.
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Musculoskeletal Health Conditions Represent a Global Threat to Healthy Aging: A Report for the 2015 World Health Organization World Report on Ageing and Health

TL;DR: A strong relationship exists between painful musculoskeletal conditions and a reduced capacity to engage in physical activity resulting in functional decline, frailty, reduced well-being, and loss of independence.
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Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Rafael Lozano, +905 more
- 17 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: To assess current trajectories towards the GPW13 UHC billion target—1 billion more people benefiting from UHC by 2023—the authors estimated additional population equivalents with UHC effective coverage from 2018 to 2023, and quantified frontiers of U HC effective coverage performance on the basis of pooled health spending per capita.
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Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Christopher J L Murray, +866 more
- 17 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: Five key insights that are important for health, social, and economic development strategies have been distilled are distilled and are subject to the many limitations outlined in each of the component GBD capstone papers.
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Reducing the global burden of musculoskeletal conditions.

TL;DR: One in three people worldwide live with a chronic, painful musculoskeletal condition, a prevalence comparable to that of cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases combined, which cost 213 billion United States dollars in 2011 (or 1.4% of gross domestic product).