title: Progress and directions in refining the global burden of disease approach: a response to Williams.
authors.affiliation: Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D014943:Global Health; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years