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Latest Publications:The Lancet - Jun. 09 Archives of Iranian Medicine - May 09 PLoS Medicine - Apr. 09 |
IHME Opportunities:Winter 2010 Post-Graduate Fellowship Program Research Scientists/ Senior Research Scientists  |
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research center at the University of Washington rigorously measuring the world’s most pressing health issues and providing scientific evaluations of health system and health program performance in order to guide health policy and accelerate global health progress. Research Areas:Health Outcomes
IHME is generating scientifically sound methods and systematic estimates of health outcomes – including mortality, causes of death and the overall burden of disease. Health Services
We study how health services contribute to improving health outcomes by measuring the coverage of specific health interventions and estimating the quality of care. Resource Inputs
We track, measure, and analyze three components of funding for health – development assistance for health, government health expenditure, and private health expenditure – and we look at how that assistance is affecting country health spending. Decision Analytics
We develop methods and generate better forward-looking and cross-cutting information for policymakers to make decisions about policies and funding. This work ranges from creating a set of common indicators to use consistently in health analyses, to investigating subnational disparities, to estimating the costs and effectiveness of health service delivery platforms and interventions. Evaluations
We conduct impact evaluations of policies, interventions, and programs and assess health system performance to best understand the progress being made in health. Tools and Instruments
To catalyze the use of data across different areas requires both new instruments for data collection and archiving and analytic tools to make sense of the data. We develop survey instruments and create analytic tools to harness the value from data in health information systems and locally available sources. Key Studies:The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is generously supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the State of Washington for its core activities. Additional studies and research are funded through individual research grants.
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