Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Med
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Med
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosmed
Title:
PLoS Medicine
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1549-1277
ISSN
(Electronic):
1549-1676
Publication date
(Electronic):
28
June
2016
Publication date Collection:
June
2016
Volume: 13
Issue: 6
Affiliations
[1
]Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland
[2
]Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Massachusetts, United States of America
[3
]Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
[4
]Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS),
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
[5
]Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College
London, London, United Kingdom
[6
]Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington,
United States of America
[7
]Independent consultant, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
[8
]The Lancet, , London, United Kingdom
[9
]Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine, London, United Kingdom
[10
]Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health and Cochrane Croatia, University
of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
[11
]Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington,
United States of America
[12
]Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences
and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
[13
]Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
[14
]PLOS Medicine, , Cambridge, United Kingdom
[15
]Bruyére Research Institute, Bruyére Continuing Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
[16
]Centre for Global Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Author notes
PJS is Deputy Editor of
PLOS Medicine. JS and TV serve on the editorial board of
PLOS Medicine. JS is a member of the Global Burden of Disease Scientific Council. AM is on the
steering group of the EQUATOR Network. All other authors declare no competing interest.
Set the process for developing the guideline: GAS LA REB JTB GSC ME JTG DRH MCH RH
JEL AM CDM CJLM IR JS PJS TV VW. Developed the comprehensive list of reporting items
and conducted the online survey: GAS, with inputs from all authors. Compiled the survey
results, prepared the background materials for the 2015 meeting in London, and planned
the meeting: GAS DRH. Attended the meeting: LA REB GSC ME JTG DRH RH JEL AM CDM IR
PJS GAS TV VW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: GAS DRH. Wrote the first draft
of the Explanation and Elaboration document: MCH GAS. Contributed to the selection
and wording of the reporting items, the writing of the manuscript, and the writing
of the Explanation and Elaboration document: GAS LA REB JTB GSC ME JTG DRH MCH RH
JEL AM CDM CJLM IR JS PJS TV VW. Conducted the second round of consultation: GAS.
Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: GAS LA REB JTB GSC ME JTG DRH
MCH RH JEL AM CDM CJLM IR JS PJS TV VW. All authors have read, and confirm that they
meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.
‡Authors listed alphabetically.
¶ All authors are members of The GATHER Working Group.
Article
Publisher ID:
PMEDICINE-D-16-00308
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002056
PMC ID: 4924581
PubMed ID: 27351744
SO-VID: e892595a-2e94-4fbe-8588-ba8ccf64e381
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We received financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. JTG is employed
by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Subject:
Guidelines and Guidance
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Public and Occupational Health
Subject:
Global Health
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Public and Occupational Health
Subject:
Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health
Subject:
Physical Sciences
Subject:
Mathematics
Subject:
Statistics (Mathematics)
Subject:
Statistical Data
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Database and Informatics Methods
Subject:
Health Informatics
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Demography
Subject:
Death Rates
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Population Biology
Subject:
Population Metrics
Subject:
Death Rates
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Health Care
Subject:
Health Statistics
Subject:
Computer and Information Sciences
Subject:
Software Engineering
Subject:
Source Code
Subject:
Engineering and Technology
Subject:
Software Engineering
Subject:
Source Code
Subject:
Computer and Information Sciences
Subject:
Information Technology
Subject:
Data Processing
