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 (http://gather-statement.org).
authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Genebra-GE, Suíça.
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authors.initials: GA
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authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst-MA, Estados Unidos da América.
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authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore-MD, Estados Unidos da América.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Genebra-GE, Suíça.
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authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Reino Unido.
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authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Londres, Reino Unido.
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authors.affiliation: Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle-WA, Estados Unidos da América.
authors.forename: John T
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authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Genebra-GE, Suíça.
authors.forename: Daniel R
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authors.affiliation: Independent consultant, Seattle, Washington-WA, Estados Unidos da América.
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authors.affiliation: The Lancet, Londres, Reino Unido.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Londres, Reino Unido.
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, Split-Dalmácia, Croácia.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marušic
authors.affiliation: Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Genebra-GE, Suíça.
authors.forename: Colin D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Mathers
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle-WA, Estados Unidos da América.
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, Edinburgo, Escócia, Reino Unido.
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, Estados Unidos da América.
authors.forename: Joshua A
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authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.affiliation: PLOS Medicine, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Reino Unido.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle-WA, Estados Unidos da América.
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.affiliation: Bruyére Research Institute, Bruyére Continuing Care, Ottawa-ON, Canadá.
authors.forename: Vivian
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mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D014943:Global Health; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D015438:Health Behavior; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans