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Shafika Abrahams-Gessel
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 41
Citations - 3592
Shafika Abrahams-Gessel is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cost effectiveness. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 35 publications receiving 2998 citations. Previous affiliations of Shafika Abrahams-Gessel include Brigham and Women's Hospital & National Health Laboratory Service.
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The Global Economic Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases
David E. Bloom,Elizabeth T. Cafiero,Eva Jané-Llopis,Shafika Abrahams-Gessel,Lakshmi Reddy Bloom,Sana F. Fathima,Andrea B. Feigl,Tom Gaziano,Ali Hamandi,Mona Mowafi,Danny O’Farrell,Emre Özaltin,Ankur Pandya,Klaus Prettner,Larry Rosenberg,Benjamin Seligman,Adam Z. Stein,Cara Weinstein,Jonathan Weiss +18 more
TL;DR: New estimates of the global economic burden of non-communicable diseases in 2010 are developed, and the size of the burden through 2030 is projected, to capture the thinking of the business community about the impact of NCDs on their enterprises.
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Growing Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
TL;DR: The varying incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates reflect the different levels of risk factors, other competing causes of death, availability of resources to combat cardiovascular disease, and the stage of epidemiologic transition that each country or region finds itself.
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An assessment of community health workers' ability to screen for cardiovascular disease risk with a simple, non-invasive risk assessment instrument in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa: an observational study
Thomas A. Gaziano,Shafika Abrahams-Gessel,Catalina A. Denman,Carlos Mendoza Montano,Masuma Akter Khanam,Thandi Puoane,Naomi S. Levitt +6 more
TL;DR: Whether community health workers could do community-based screenings to predict cardiovascular disease risk as effectively as could physicians or nurses, with a simple, non-invasive risk prediction indicator in low-income and middle-income countries is investigated.
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Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives and disincentives for improving food purchases and health through the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A microsimulation study.
Dariush Mozaffarian,Junxiu Liu,Stephen Sy,Yue Huang,Colin D. Rehm,Yujin Lee,Parke Wilde,Shafika Abrahams-Gessel,Thiago Veiga Jardim,Tom Gaziano,Renata Micha +10 more
TL;DR: The combined incentive/disincentive program produced the largest health gains and reduced both healthcare and food costs, with net cost-savings of $10.16 billion at 5 years and $63.33 billion over a lifetime.
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Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives for improving diet and health through Medicare and Medicaid: A microsimulation study
Yujin Lee,Dariush Mozaffarian,Stephen Sy,Yue Huang,Junxiu Liu,Parke Wilde,Shafika Abrahams-Gessel,Thiago Veiga Jardim,Thiago Veiga Jardim,Thomas A. Gaziano,Thomas A. Gaziano,Renata Micha +11 more
TL;DR: Economic incentives for healthier foods through Medicare and Medicaid could generate substantial health gains and be highly cost-effective, particularly at 5 years and beyond.