title: Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement.
abstract: Measurements of health indicators are rarely available for every population and period of interest, and available data may not be comparable. The Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER) define best reporting practices for studies that calculate health estimates for multiple populations (in time or space) using multiple information sources. Health estimates that fall within the scope of GATHER include all quantitative population-level estimates (including global, regional, national, or subnational estimates) of health indicators, including indicators of health status, incidence and prevalence of diseases, injuries, and disability and functioning; and indicators of health determinants, including health behaviours and health exposures. GATHER comprises a checklist of 18 items that are essential for best reporting practice. A more detailed explanation and elaboration document, describing the interpretation and rationale of each reporting item along with examples of good reporting, is available on the GATHER website.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: stevensg@who.int.
authors.forename: Gretchen A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Leontine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alkema
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Black
authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J Ties
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Boerma
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ezzati
authors.affiliation: Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Grove
authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.affiliation: Independent Consultant, London, UK.
authors.forename: Margaret C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.affiliation: The Lancet, London, UK.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Joy E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lawn
authors.affiliation: Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health and Cochrane Croatia, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marušić
authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Colin D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Mathers
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J L
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rudan
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.affiliation: PLOS Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.affiliation: Bruyére Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Centre for Global Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003625:Data Collection; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D014943:Global Health; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans