Rodrigo H Dias

TL;DR: A unique characteristic of the epidemiological transition in Mexico is that overweight and obesity, high blood glucose, and alcohol use are responsible for larger burden of disease than other noncommunicable disease risks such as tobacco smoking.

TL;DR: In this paper, a subnational analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors can improve characterization of the epidemiological transition and identify policy priorities in middle-income countries like Mexico.

TL;DR: Policy implications include lessons on the use of available and proven analytical tools to set national health priorities, the usefulness of priority-setting results to guide long-term capacity development, the importance of favouring an institutionalised approach to cost-effectiveness analysis, and the need for local technical capacity strengthening.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how standardised analytical approaches to decision making, mainly burden of disease and cost-effectiveness analyses, combine with other criteria, such as being responsive to the legitimate non-health expectations of patients and ensuring fair financing across households, to design and implement a set of three differentiated health intervention packages.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how standardised analytical approaches to decision making, mainly burden of disease and cost-effectiveness analyses, combine with other criteria -eg, being responsive to the legitimate non-health expectations of patients and ensuring fair financing across households-to design and implement a set of three differentiated health intervention packages.