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David B. Evans
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 93
Citations - 12345
David B. Evans is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health policy & Public health. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 93 publications receiving 11482 citations.
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Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis.
TL;DR: People, particularly in poor households, can be protected from catastrophic health expenditures by reducing a health system's reliance on out-of-pocket payments and providing more financial risk protection.
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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty
Kenji Shibuya,Christina Ciecierski,Emmanuel Guindon,Douglas Bettcher,David B. Evans,Christopher J L Murray +5 more
TL;DR: By making use of scientific evidence on the effects of tobacco, the member states of WHO have negotiated their first global health treaty and could act as a possible model for tackling other health issues.
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Protecting households from catastrophic health spending.
TL;DR: It is suggested that 150 million people globally suffer financial catastrophe annually because they pay for health services, and there is no strong evidence that social health insurance systems offer better or worse protection than tax-based systems do.
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Effectiveness and costs of interventions to lower systolic blood pressure and cholesterol: A global and regional analysis on reduction of cardiovascular-disease risk
Christopher J.L. Murray,Jeremy A. Lauer,Raymond Hutubessy,Louis W. Niessen,Niels Tomijima,Anthony Rodgers,Carlene M.M. Lawes,David B. Evans +7 more
TL;DR: Non-personal health interventions, including government action to stimulate a reduction in the salt content of processed foods, are cost-effective ways to limit cardiovascular disease and could avert over 21 million DALYs per year worldwide.