title: Response to Madans et al. Comments on Sabariego et al. Measuring Disability: Comparing the Impact of Two Data Collection Approaches on Disability Rates. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2015, 12, 10329-10351.
abstract: We greatly appreciate and wish to thank Madans, Mont and Loeb for the issues they raise in their Comment [1] on our paper "Measuring Disability: Using the WHO Model Disability Survey to Address the Impact of Screeners on Disability Rates" [2]. [...].
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology-IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich 81377, Germany. carla.sabariego@med.lmu.de.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sabariego
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology-IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich 81377, Germany. cornelia.oberhauser@med.lmu.de.
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oberhauser
authors.affiliation: Social Protection and Labor, Human Development Network, The World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA. aposarac@worldbank.org.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Posarac
authors.affiliation: Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil 6207, Switzerland. jerome.bickenbach@paraplegie.ch.
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bickenbach
authors.affiliation: Data Standards and Informatics (DSI), Department of Information, Evidence and Research (IER), World Health Organization, Geneva 1211, Switzerland. kostanjsekn@who.int.
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kostanjsek
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva 1211, Switzerland. chatterjis@who.int.
authors.forename: Somnath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterji
authors.affiliation: Ageing and Life Course Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva 1211, Switzerland. officera@who.int.
authors.forename: Alana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Officer
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology-IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich 81377, Germany. michaela.coenen@med.lmu.de.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coenen
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Statistics, Phnom Penh 12301, Cambodia. lay.chhan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chhan
authors.affiliation: Blindness and Deafness Prevention, Disability and Rehabilitation (BDD), World Health Organization, Geneva 1211, Switzerland. acieza@who.int.
authors.forename: Alarcos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cieza
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male