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Katherine T. Lofgren

Researcher at Harvard University

Publications -  21
Citations -  14572

Katherine T. Lofgren is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mortality rate & Population. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 13 publications receiving 12478 citations. Previous affiliations of Katherine T. Lofgren include University of Washington & Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

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Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Haidong Wang, +231 more
- 13 Sep 2014 - 
TL;DR: Decreases since 2000 in under-5 mortality rates are accelerating in many developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, and rising income per person and maternal education and changes in secular trends led to 4·2 million fewer deaths.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition

Christopher J L Murray, +611 more
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age-sex groups, and countries as discussed by the authors.

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Theo Vos, +50 more
TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors, the authors estimated the quantities for acute and chronic diseases and injuries for188 countries between 1990 and 2013.
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Advancing digital health applications: priorities for innovation in real-world evidence generation.

Ariel Dora Stern, +18 more
- 01 Mar 2022 - 
TL;DR: In 2019, Germany passed the Digital Healthcare Act, which, among other things, created a "Fast-Track" regulatory and reimbursement pathway for digital health applications in the German market as discussed by the authors .
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Precommitment, Cash Transfers, and Timely Arrival for Birth: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Nairobi Kenya.

Jessica Cohen, +2 more
- 01 May 2017 - 
TL;DR: An RCT combining labeled cash transfers and pre-commitment incentives to encourage earlier and more effective delivery facility choice and to promote earlier facility arrival finds that the intervention improves planning, increases delivery at the desired facility, and encourages more timely arrival at delivery facilities.