NICHE

Publications

2017 publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Non-physician clinicians in rural Africa: lessons from the Medical Licentiate programme in Zambia.
  .Hum Resour Health. 2017 Aug 22;15(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s12960-017-0233-0.
  Gajewski J, Mweemba C, Cheelo M, McCauley T, Kachimba J, Borgstein E, Bijlmakers L, Brugha R
• The costs of HIV treatment and care in Ghana: A longitudinal multi-site analysis.
  AIDS. 2017 doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001612.
  Mikkelsen E, Hontelez J, Nonvignon J, Amon S, Asante FA, Aikins MK, van de Haterd J, Baltussen R.
• The Cost of Providing District-Level Surgery in Malawi.
  World J Surg. 2017 Aug 8. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4166-5. [Epub ahead of print]
  Cornelissen D, Mwapasa G, Gajewski J, McCauley T, Borgstein E, Brugha R, Bijlmakers L
• Evidence for scaling up HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for incorporating health system constraints.
  PLoS Med. 2017 Feb 21;14(2):e1002240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002240. eCollection 2017 Feb.
  Mikkelsen E, Hontelez JA, Jansen MP, Bärnighausen T, Hauck K, Johansson KA, Meyer-Rath G, Over M, de Vlas SJ, van der Wilt GJ, Tromp N, Bijlmakers L, Baltussen RM.
• Value Assessment Frameworks for HTA Agencies: The Organization of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes.
  Baltussen R, Jansen MPM, Bijlmakers L, Grutters J, Kluytmans A, Reuzel RP, Tummers M, der Wilt GJV.
  Baltussen R1, Jansen MPM2, Bijlmakers L2, Grutters J2, Kluytmans A2, Reuzel RP2, Tummers M2, der Wilt GJV2.
• Global Developments in Priority Setting in Health.
  Int J Health Policy Manag. 2017 Jan 28;6(3):127-128. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.10.
  Baltussen R, Mitton M, Danis M, Williams I, Gold M

APPENDICES PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Cost analysis of religious based HIV/aids education in Bandung, Indonesia
  Kemper S, Sihaloho ED, Siregar AYM, Tromp N, Baltussen R
• Cost Analysis of Sexual Transmitted Infection Services for High Risk Groups in Indonesia
  Janssen JLC, Siregar AYM, Tromp N, Baltussen R
• Cost-analysis of condom distribution to hotspots in Bandung, Indonesia
  Beeren FMM, Sihaloho ED, Siregar AYM, Tromp N, Baltussen R
• Cost Analysis of Mobile Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Female Sex Workers in Bandung, Indonesia
  Verstraaten EJM, Siregar AYM, Tromp N, Baltussen R

2016 publications

PROJECT PROGRES REPORTS

• Towards participatory and evidence-based resource allocation decisions for AIDS funding in Indonesia (FULL REPORT)
  Noor Tromp, Rozar Prawiranegara, Adiatma Siregar, Rudi Wisaksana, Lucas Pinxten, Juul Pinxten, Arry Lesmana, Scott Maurits, Deni Sunjaya, Gert Jan van der Wilt, Rob Baltussen
• Towards participatory and evidence-based resource allocation decisions for AIDS funding in Indonesia (APPENDIX)
  Noor Tromp, Rozar Prawiranegara, Adiatma Siregar, Rudi Wisaksana, Lucas Pinxten, Juul Pinxten, Arry Lesmana, Scott Maurits, Deni Sunjaya, Gert Jan van der Wilt, Rob Baltussen

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• A narrative synthesis of illustrative evidence on effects of capitation payment for primary care: lessons for Ghana and other low/middle-income countries
  Ghana Medical Journal, 50(4): 207-219.
  Andoh-Adjei FX, Spaan E, Asante FA, Mensah SA, van der Velden K
• Fair Processes for Priority Setting: Putting Theory into Practice
  International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  Maarten P. Jansen, Jan-Kees Helderman, Bert Boer, Rob Baltussen
• Priority Setting for Universal Health Coverage: We Need Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes, Not Just More Evidence on Cost-Effectiveness
  International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  Rob Baltussen, Maarten P. Jansen, Evelinn Mikkelsen, Noor Tromp, Jan Hontelez, Leon Bijlmakers, Gert Jan Van der Wilt
• Mapping of research on maternal health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a review of 2292 publications between 2000 and 2012.
  Global Health. 2016 Sep 6;12(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12992-016-0189-1.
  Chersich M, Blaauw D, Dumbaugh M, Penn-Kekana L, Thwala S, Bijlmakers L, Vargas E, Kern E, Kavanagh J, Dhana A, Becerra-Posada F, Mlotshwa L, Becerril-Montekio V, Mannava P, Luchters S, Pham MD, Portela AG, Rees H.
• Perspectives on the methods of a large systematic mapping of maternal health interventions.
  Global Health. 2016 Aug 25;12(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s12992-016-0191-7.
  Chersich M, Becerril-Montekio V, Becerra-Posada F, Dumbaugh M, Kavanagh J, Blaauw D, Thwala S, Kern E, Penn-Kekana L, Vargas E, Mlotshwa L, Dhana A, Mannava P, Portela A, Tristan M, Rees H, Bijlmakers L
• Does capitation payment under national health insurance affect subscribers’ trust in their primary care provider? a crosssectional survey of insurance subscribers in Ghana
  Health Services Research 16:437. DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1622-0
  Andoh-Adjei FX, Cornelissen D, Asante FA, Spaan E, van der Velden K
• Can health insurance protect against out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditures and also support poverty reduction? Evidence from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme
  International Journal for Equity in Health
  Aryeetey GC, Westeneng J, Spaan E, Jehu-Appiah C, Agyepong I, Baltussen R
• Local and foreign authorship of maternal health interventional research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of publications 2000-2012.
  Global Health. 2016 Jun 23;12(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12992-016-0172-x.
  Chersich MF, Blaauw D, Dumbaugh M, Penn-Kekana L, Dhana A, Thwala S, Bijlmakers L, Vargas E, Kern E, Becerra-Posada F, Kavanagh J, Mannava P, Mlotshwa L, Becerril-Montekio V, Footman K, Rees H.
• Drivers of improved health sector performance in Rwanda: a qualitative view from within.
  BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Apr 8;16:123. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1351-4.
  Sayinzoga F, Bijlmakers L
• Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Care Decision Making--Emerging Good Practices: Report 2 of the ISPOR MCDA Emerging Good Practices Task Force.
  Value Health. 2016 Mar-Apr;19(2):125-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.12.016. Epub 2016 Mar 7.
  Marsh K, IJzerman M, Thokala P, Baltussen R, Boysen M, Kaló Z, Lönngren T, Mussen F, Peacock S, Watkins J, Devlin N; ISPOR Task Force.
• Drivers of improved health sector performance in Rwanda: a qualitative view from within
  BMC Health Services Research (2016) 16:123 DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1351-4
  Felix Sayinzoga and Leon Bijlmakers
• Time to recognise countries’ preferences in HIV control.
  Lancet
  Tromp N, Prawiranegara R, Siregar S, Jansen MPM, Baltussen R.
• Maternal death audit in Rwanda 2009-2013: a nationwide facility-based retrospective cohort study
  BMJ Open. 2016 Jan 22;6(1):e009734. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009734.
  Sayinzoga F, Bijlmakers L, van Dillen J, Mivumbi V, Ngabo F, van der Velden K.
• Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Care Decision Making--An Introduction: Report 1 of the ISPOR MCDA Emerging Good Practices Task Force.
  Value Health. 2016 Jan;19(1):1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.12.003. Epub 2016 Jan 8.
  Thokala P, Devlin N, Marsh K, Baltussen R, Boysen M, Kalo Z, Longrenn T, Mussen F, Peacock S, Watkins J, Ijzerman M.

APPENDICES PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Supporting information for the manuscript: Evidence for scaling up HIV treatment strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for incorporating health system constraints
  Mikkelsen E, Hontelez JAC, Baltussen RMPM

2015 publications

PROJECT PROGRES REPORTS

• Preliminary results of research project: "Should PrEP for men who have sex with men be publicly reimbursed in the Netherlands?"
  M Jansen, N Tromp, R Baltussen

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• PrEP: why are we waiting
  Lancet HIV. 2015 Oct;2(10):e401. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(15)00185-X. Epub 2015 Sep 24.
  M Jansen, N Tromp, R Baltussen
• Influenza-Associated Disease Burden in Kenya: A Systematic Review of Literature.
  PloS one. 2015;10(9):e0138708.
  Emukule GO, Paget J, van der Velden K, Mott JA.
• Trends in global clinical trial registration: an analysis of numbers of registered clinical trials in different parts of the world from 2004 to 2013
  BMJ Open. 2015; 5(9): e008932.
  Roderik F Viergever and Keyang Li
• Epidemiological and virological characteristics of influenza B: results of the Global Influenza B Study. Influenza and other respiratory viruses
  Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2015 Aug;9 Suppl 1:3-12. doi: 10.1111/irv.12319.
  Caini S, Huang QS, Ciblak MA, Kusznierz G, Owen R, Wangchuk S, Henriques CM, Njouom R, Fasce RA, Yu H, Feng L, Zambon M, Clara AW, Kosasih H, Puzelli S, Kadjo HA, Emukule G, Heraud JM, Ang LW, Venter M, Mironenko A, Brammer L, Mai le TQ, Schellevis F, Plo
• Cost analysis of the youth clinic network in Estonia
  Reproductive Health 2015, 12:37 doi:10.1186/s12978-015-0025-8
  Kempers J
• Estimation of changes in maternal mortality in a rural district of northern Tanzania during the last 50 years.
  Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2015 ; 94(4): 419-424.
  Melkert P, Melkert D, Kahema L, van der Velden K, van Roosmalen J.
• Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Role of Influenza: A Case Series From 8 Countries
  The Journal of infectious diseases. 2015;212(6):853-60.
  McMorrow ML, Wemakoy EO, Tshilobo JK, Emukule GO, Mott JA, Njuguna H, Waiboci L, Heraud JM, Rajatonirina S, Razanajatovo NH, Chilombe M, Everett D, Heyderman RS, Barakat A, Nyatanyi T, Rukelibuga J, Cohen AL, Cohen C, Tempia S, Thomas J, Venter M, Mwakape
• The success factors of scaling up Estonian sexual and reproductive health youth clinic network from a grassroot initiative to an national programme
  Reproductive Health 2015; 12:2 doi 10.1 186/1742-4755-12-2
  Kempers J Ketting E Chandra-Mouli V Raudsepp T
• . The Role of HIV in the Household Introduction and Transmission of Influenza in an Urban Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-2011.
  J Infect Dis. (2015) doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv106
  Judd MC, Emukule GO, Njuguna H, McMorrow ML, Arunga GO, Katz MA, Montgomery JM, Wong JM, Breiman RF, Mott JA.
• Assessing biomarkers and neuropsychological outcomes in rural populations exposed to organophosphate pesticicides in Chile. Study design and protocol
  BMC Public Health 2015 15:116
  Muriel Ramirez, Liliana Zuniga, Sebastian Corral, Rodrigo Sandoval, Paul Scheepers, Koos Van der Velden, Nel Roeleveld Floria Pancetti

2014 publications

PROJECT PROGRES REPORTS

• Clinical Officer Surgical Training in Africa
  
• Progress report project COST-Africa; Zambia
  
• Progress report project COST-Africa; Malawi
  

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• A comparison of smartphones to paper-based questionnaires for routine influenza sentinel surveillance, Kenya, 2011-2012
  BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2014 Dec 24;14:107. doi: 10.1186/s12911-014-0107-5.
  Njuguna HN, Caselton DL, Arunga GO, Emukule GO, Kinyanjui DK, Kalani RM, Kinkade C, Muthoka PM, Katz MA, Mott JA
• Targeted public funding for health research in the Netherlands
  Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2014;159(0):A8174.
  Viergever RF, Hendriks TC.
• Scientific evaluation of spinal implants: an ethical necessity
  Moojen WA, Bredenoord AL, Viergever RF, Peul WC.
  Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Dec 15;39(26):2115-8. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000671.
• Increasing the use of second-line therapy is a cost-effective approach to prevent the spread of drug-resistant HIV: a mathematical modelling study.
  J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Dec 5;17:19164. doi: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.19164. eCollection 2014.
  Nichols, B.E., Sigaloff, K.C., Kityo, C., Hamers, R.L., Baltussen, R.M., Bertagnolio, S., Jordan, M.R., Hallett, T.B., Boucher, C.A., Wit, T.F. de & Vijver, D.A. van de
• Predicting the stage shift as a result of breast cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries: a proof of concept.
  J Med Screen. 2014 Nov 21. pii: 0969141314559956. [Epub ahead of print]
  Zelle SG, Baltussen R, Otten JD, Heijnsdijk EA, van Schoor G, Broeders MJ.
• Demographic, socio-economic and geographic determinants of seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in rural western Kenya, 2011
  Vaccine. 2014 Nov 20;32(49):6699-704. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.10.089.
  Otieno NA, Nyawanda BO, Audi A, Emukule G, Lebo E, Bigogo G, Ochola R, Muthoka P, Widdowson MA, Shay DK, Burton DC, Breiman RF, Katz MA, Mott JA
• A systematic mapping of funders of maternal health intervention research 2000 - 2012
  Global Health. 2014 Oct 29;10(1):72.
  Footman K, Chersich M, Blaauw D, Campbell O, Dhana A, Kavanagh J, Dumbaugh M, Thwala S, Bijlmakers L, Vargas E, Kern E, Becerra F, Penn-Kekana L.
• Surveillance for respiratory health care-associated infections among inpatients in 3 Kenyan hospitals, 2010-2012
  Am J Infect Control. 2014 Sep;42(9):985-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.022.
  Ndegwa LK, Katz MA, McCormick K, Nganga Z, Mungai A, Emukule G, Kollmann MK, Mayieka L, Otieno J, Breiman RF, Mott JA, Ellingson K
• Health impact of external funding for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria: systematic review.
  Health Policy Plan. 2014 Aug;29(5):650-62. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czt051. Epub 2013 Aug 5.
  Jongh, T.E. de, Harnmeijer, J.H., Atun, R., Korenromp, E.L., Zhao, J., Puvimanasinghe, J. & Baltussen, R.M.P.M.
• Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): the inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis.
  Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2014 Aug 29;12:18. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-18. eCollection 2014.
  Norheim, O.F., Baltussen, R.M., Johri, M., Chisholm, D., Nord, E., Brock, D., Carlsson, P., Cookson, R., Daniels, N., Danis, M., Fleurbaey, M., Johansson, K.A., Kapiriri, L., Littlejohns, P., Mbeeli, T., Rao, K.D., Edejer, T.T. & Wikler, D.
• Assessment of healthcare and economic costs due to episodes of acute pesticide intoxication in workers of rural areas of the Coquimbo Region, Chile
  Value in Health Regional Issues 5; 35-39.
  Ramírez-Santana M, Iglesias J, Castillo M, Scheepers P, van der Velden K
• Cost analysis and exploratory cost effectiveness of youth friendly sexual and reproductive health services in the Republic of Moldova.
  BMC Health Services research 2014; 14:316 doi 10.1186/1472-6963-14-316
  Kempers J Ketting E Lesco G.
• Global biomedical R&D expenditures
  N Engl J Med. 2014 June 19;370(25):2451. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1405176#SA1.
  Young AJ, Terry RF, Røttingen JA, Viergever RF.
• Results from the first six years of national sentinel surveillance for influenza in Kenya, July 2007-June 2013
  PLoS One. 2014 Jun 23;9(6):e98615. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098615. eCollection 2014.
  Katz MA, Muthoka P, Emukule GO, Kalani R, Njuguna H, Waiboci LW, Ahmed JA, Bigogo G, Feikin DR, Njenga MK, Breiman RF, Mott JA
• Cost-effectiveness of PrEP in HIV/AIDS control in Zambia: a stochastic league approach.
  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Jun 1;66(2):221-8. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000145.
  Nichols, B.E., Baltussen, R.M., Dijk, J.H. van, Thuma, P.E., Nouwen, J.L., Boucher, C.A.B. & Vijver, D.A. van de
• Multi-criteria decision analysis of breast cancer control in low- and middle- income countries: development of a rating tool for policy makers.
  Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2014 May 17;12:13. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-13. eCollection 2014.
  Venhorst K, Zelle SG, Tromp N, Lauer JA
• Cost-Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Control Strategies in Central America: The Cases of Costa Rica and Mexico
  PLoS One. 2014 Apr 25;9(4):e95836. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095836. eCollection 2014.
  Niëns LM, Zelle SG, Gutiérrez-Delgado C, Rivera Peña G, Hidalgo Balarezo BR, Rodriguez Steller E, Rutten FF.
• Community care workers, poor referral networks and consumption of personal resources in rural South Africa.
  PLoS One. 2014 Apr 29;9(4):e95324. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095324. eCollection 2014.
  Sips I, Haeri Mazanderani A, Schneider H, Greeff M, Barten F, Moshabela M
• Priority setting in HIV/AIDS control in West Java Indonesia: an evaluation based on the accountability for reasonableness framework.
  Health Policy Plan. 2014 Apr 15.
  Tromp N, Prawiranegara R, Subhan Riparev H, Siregar A, Sunjaya D, Baltussen R.
• Ownership and technical efficiency of hospitals: evidence from Ghana using data envelopment analysis.
  Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2014 Apr 8;12(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-9.
  Jehu-Appiah, C., Sekidde, S., Adjuik, M., Akazili, J., Almeida, S.D., Nyonator, F., Baltussen, R.M., Asbu, E.Z. & Kirigia, J.M
• Predicting mortality among hospitalized children with respiratory illness in Western Kenya, 2009-2012
  PLoS One. 2014; 9(3): e92968.
  Emukule GO, McMorrow M, Ulloa C, Khagayi S, Njuguna HN, Burton D, Montgomery JM, Muthoka P, Katz MA, Breiman RF, Mott JA.
• Finding better ways to fill gaps in pediatric health research.
  Pediatrics. 2014 Apr;133(4):e824-6. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1207. Epub 2014 Mar 17.
  Viergever RF, Rademaker CM.
• Equity in Ghanaian breast cancer treatment outcomes-a modeling study in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
  The breast journal. 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):100-2. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12217.
  Niëns LM, Nyarko KM, Zelle SG, Jehu-Appiah C, Rutten FF.
• The Papua New Guinea national health and HIV research agenda
  The Lancet Global Health, Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages e74 - e75, February 2014 doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70165-7
  Roderik F Viergever, Ismael U Kitur, Geoff Chan, Julie Airi, Wilfred Kaleva, Paulinus Sikosana, Gertrude N'Dreland, Christopher Morgan
• The quality of registration of clinical trials: still a problem
  PLoS One. 2014 Jan 10;9(1):e84727. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084727. eCollection 2014.
  Viergever RF, Karam G, Reis A, Ghersi D.
• Health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of earlier eligibility for adult antiretroviral therapy and expanded treatment coverage: a combined analysis of 12 mathematical models.
  Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Jan;2(1):e23-34. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70172-4. Epub 2013 Dec 10.
  Eaton, J.W., Menzies, N.A., Stover, J., Cambiano, V., Chindelevitch, L., Cori, A., Hontelez, J.A., Humair, S., Kerr, C.C., Klein, D.J., Mishra, S., Mitchell, K.M., Nichols, B.E., Vickerman, P., Bakker, R, Barnighausen, T., Bershteyn, A., Bloom, D.E., Bo

2013 publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Cost-effectiveness analysis of breast cancer control interventions in peru.
  PLoS One. 2013 Dec 10;8(12):e82575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082575
  Zelle SG, Vidaurre T, Abugattas JE, Manrique JE, Sarria G, Jeronimo J, Seinfeld JN, Lauer JA, Sepulveda CR, Venegas D, Baltussen R.
• HIV/AIDS patient satisfaction with a food assistance program in Sofala Province, Mozambique
  The African Journal of AIDS Research.
  Mariana Posse and Rob Baltussen
• Which criteria are considered in healthcare decisions? Insights from an international survey of policy and clinical decision makers.
  Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2013 Oct;29(4):456-65. doi: 10.1017/S0266462313000573.
  Tanios N, Wagner M, Tony M, Baltussen R, van Til J, Rindress D, Kind P, Goetghebeur MM; International Task Force on Decision Criteria.
• Elimination of HIV in South Africa through Expanded Access to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Model Comparison Study
  PLoS Med. 2013 Oct;10(10):e1001534. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001534. Epub 2013 Oct 22
  Jan AC Hontelez, Mark N Lurie, Till Bärnighausen, Roel Bakker , Rob Baltussen, Frank Tanser, Timothy B Hallett, Marie-Louise Newell, and Sake J de Vlas
• The mismatch between the health research and development (R&D) that is needed and the R&D that is undertaken: an overview of the problem, the causes, and solutions
  Glob Health Action. 2013; 6: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.22450.
  Viergever RF
• Analyse impact of health priorities
  Nature
  Roderik F. Viergever
• Balancing efficiency, equity and feasibility of HIV treatment in South Africa -- development of programmatic guidance.
  Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2013 Oct 9;11(1):26.
  Baltussen R, Mikkelsen E, Tromp N, Hurtig A, Byskov J, Olsen O, Bærøe K, Hontelez JA, Singh J, Norheim OF.
• Costs of providing food assistance to HIV/AIDS patients in Sofala province, Mozambique: a retrospective analysis
  Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2013; 11: 20.
  Mariana Posse and Rob Baltussen
• Health Impact of External Funding for HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Systematic Review.
  Health Policy Plan. 2013 Aug 5.
  Thyra de Jongh, Joanne Harnmeijer, Rifat Atun, Eline Korenromp, Jinkou Zhao, John Puvimanasinghe, Rob Baltussen.
• Cost analysis of school-based sexuality education programs in six countries.
  Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2013; 11: 17.
  Jari Kivela, Evert Ketting, Rob Baltussen
• Impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of the national school-based sexuality education programme in Estonia
  The journal of Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning
  Jari Kempers, Kai Haldre, Kai Part, Evert Ketting, Rob Baltussen
• Mapping of available health research and development data: what's there, what's missing, and what role is there for a global observatory?
  Lancet. 2013 May 17
  Røttingen JA, Regmi S, Eide M, Young AJ, Viergever RF, Ardal C, Guzman J, Edwards D, Matlin SA, Terry RF.
• Economic analyses of breast cancer control in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
  BioMed Central 2013 Apr 8;2(1):20
  Zelle SG, Baltussen RM.
• Use of data from registered clinical trials to identify gaps in health research and development
  Bull World Health Organ 2013;91:416�425C
  Roderik F Viergever, Robert F Terry & Ghassan Karam
• The effect of Food Assistance on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV/AIDS Patients in Sofala Province, in Mozambique: a retrospective study�
  Journal of AIDS Clinical Research
  Mariana Posse, MA, Unnati Saha, Nyasha Tirivayi and Rob Baltussen.
• Community concepts of poverty: an application to premium exemptions in Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme.
  Global Health. 2013 Mar 14;9:12.
  Aryeetey GC, Jehu-Appiah C, Kotoh AM, Spaan E, Arhinful DK, Baltussen R, van der Geest S, Agyepong IA.
• Free tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment are not enough: patient cost evidence from three continents.
  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Mar;17(3):381-7
  Mauch V, Bonsu F, Gyapong M, Awini E, Suarez P, Marcelino B, Melgen RE, Lönnroth K, Nhung NV, Hoa NB, Klinkenberg E.
• Advocacy for school-based sexuality education: lessons from India and Nigeria
  The journal of Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning
  Jari Kempers, Fiona Samuels, Dhianaraj Chetty, Joanna Herat, Chris Castle, Evert Ketting, Rob Baltussen
• The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Feb;7(2):e2062.
  Uranw S, Meheus F, Baltussen R, Rijal S, Boelaert M.
• Cost-effectiveness of Scaling Up Voluntary Counselling and Testing in West-Java, Indonesia
  Acta Med Indones. 2013 Jan;45(1):17-25.
  Tromp N, Siregar A, Leuwol B, Komarudin D, van der Ven A, van Crevel R, Baltussen R.
• Relapsing fever, a disappearing cause of fever and maternal death in Sengerama, Tanzania
  East African medical journal 01/2013; 90(4):142-144
  P. Melkert, L. Kahema, J. van der Velden, J. van Roosmaalen
• An outbreak investigation of visceral leishmaniasis among residents of Dharan town, eastern Nepal, evidence for urban transmission of Leishmania donovani
  BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Jan 18;13:21.
  Uranw S, Hasker E, Roy L, Meheus F, Das ML, Bhattarai NR, Rijal S, Boelaert M.

APPENDICES PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Appendix - Tromp et al 2013. Cost-effectiveness of scaling up voluntary counseling and testing in West Java, Indonesia
  

2012 publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Mapping of multiple criteria for priority setting of health interventions: an aid for decision makers
  BMC Health Serv Res. 2012; 12: 454.
  Tromp N, Baltussen R.
• Human resources needs for universal access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a time and motion study
  Hum Resour Health. 2012 Oct 30;10(1):39.
  Hontelez JA, Newell ML, Bland RM, Munnelly K, Lessells RJ, Bärnighausen T.
• HIV treatment as prevention: models, data, and questions--towards evidence-based decision-making
  PLoS Med. 2012;9(7):e1001259.
  Bärnighausen T, Becker S, Bendavid E, Bershteyn A, Blandford J, Boily MC, Burns D, Cambiano V, Cohen MS, Delva W, Dye C, Eaton JW, Egger M, Fraser C, Galai N, Garnett G, Ghys PD, Hallett TB, Heaton L, Holmes CB, Hontelez J, Jewell B, Keiser O, Klein D, Li
• HIV treatment as prevention: systematic comparison of mathematical models of the potential impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIV incidence in South Africa
  PLoS Med. 2012;9(7):e1001245.
  Eaton JW, Johnson LF, Salomon JA, Bärnighausen T, Bendavid E, Bershteyn A, Bloom DE, Cambiano V, Fraser C, Hontelez JA, Humair S, Klein DJ, Long EF, Phillips AN, Pretorius C, Stover J, Wenger EA, Williams BG, Hallett TB.
• The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the age composition of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
  AIDS. 2012 Jul 31;26
  Hontelez JA, de Vlas SJ, Baltussen R, Newell ML, Bakker R, Tanser F, Lurie M, Bärnighausen T.
• From efficacy to equity: Literature review of decision criteria for resource allocation and healthcare decisionmaking
  Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2012 Jul 18;10(1):9.
  Guindo LA, Wagner M, Baltussen R, Rindress D, van Til J, Kind P, Goetghebeur MM.
• Cost-effectiveness of methadone maintenance therapy as HIV prevention in an Indonesian high-prevalence setting: A mathematical modeling study
  International Journal of Drug Policy 2012 Sep;23(5):358-64
  Joost JG Wammes, Adiatma Y Siregar, Teddy Hidayat, Reynie P Raya, Reinout van Crevel, André J van der Ven and Rob Baltussen
• Unsustainable funding of high-burden tuberculosis control programmes: who is responsible?
  Trop Med Int Health. 2012 Aug;17(8):1044-6.
  Mauch V, Baltussen R, van der Velden K.
• Decision-Making Criteria among National Policymakers in Five Countries: A Discrete Choice Experiment Eliciting Relative Preferences for Equity and Efficiency.
  Value in Health 2012 May;15(3):534-9.
  3. Mirelman A, Mentzakis E, Kinter E, Paolucci F, Fordham R, Ozawa S, Ferraz M, Baltussen R, Niessen LW.
• Multi-criteria decision analysis for including health interventions in the universal health coverage benefit package in Thailand.
  Value in Health 2012 Sep-Oct;15(6):961-70.
  Youngkong S, Baltussen R, Tantivess S, Mohara A, and Teerawattananon Y.
• Combating HIV/AIDS in selected sub-Saharan African countries: Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 6
  Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education 2012 February 20th
  Meijs A, Baltussen R, van der Ven A, Zielhuis G.
• Costs, effects and cost-effectiveness of breast cancer control in Ghana
  Tropical Medicine and International Health 2012 Aug;17(8):1031-43.
  Sten G Zelle, Kofi M Nyarko, William K Bosu, Moses Aikins, Laurens M Niëns, Jeremy A Lauer, Cecilia R Sepulveda, Jan AC Hontelez, Rob Baltussen
• Costs and process of inpatient-tuberculosis management at a Central Academic Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
  Public Health Action 2012 September 21th
  Janson J, Marais F, Mehtar S, Baltussen R
• Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
  BMJ 2012;344:e614
  Gary M Ginsberg, Jeremy A Lauer, Sten Zelle, Steef Baeten, and Rob Baltussen
• Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat vision and hearing loss in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
  BMJ 2012;344:e615
  Rob Baltussen and Andrew Smith
• Authors' reply to Solomon writing on behalf of 18 others
  BMJ 2012;344:e2588
  R Baltussen, A Smith, D Chisholm
• What are the priorities for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and injuries in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia?
  BMJ 2012;344:e586
  D Chisholm, R Baltussen, D B Evans, G Ginsberg, J A Lauer, S Lim, M Ortegon, J Salomon, A Stanciole, and T Tan-Torres Edejer
• Household perceptions and their implications for enrolment in the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
  Health Policy Planning. 2012 May;27(3):222-33
  Jehu-Appiah C, Aryeetey G, Agyepong I, Spaan E, Baltussen R
• Multi-criteria decision analysis for setting priorities on HIV/AIDS interventions in Thailand.
  Health Res Policy Syst. 2012 Feb 17;10:6
  Youngkong S, Teerawattananon Y, Tantivess S, Baltussen R.
• Costs, equity, efficiency and feasibility of identifying the poor in Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: empirical analysis of various strategies
  Tropical Medicine and International Health.2012 Jan;17(1):43-51
  Aryeetey GA, Jehu-Appiah C, Spaan E, Baltussen R
• Impact of health insurance in Africa and Asia: systematic review
  Bulletin World Health Organization, 2012 Sep 1;90(9):685-92.
  Spaan E, Mathijssen J, Tromp N, McBain F, Ten Have A, Baltussen R

IMPACT OF HEALTH INSURANCE REVIEW APPENDIXES

• Appendix A. Overview of low and lower middle income countries in Africa and Asia as included in study
  
• Appendix B. Reviewed studies in Africa and Asia
  
• Appendix C. Indicators used in included studies
  

2011 publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Rights, Knowledge, and Governance for Improved Health Equity in Urban Settings
  Journal of Urban Health. 2011. Volume 88, Number 5, 896-905
  Barten F, Akerman M, Becker D, Friel S, Hancock T, Mwatsama M, Rice M, Sheuya S, Stern R
• From papers to practices: district level priority setting processes and criteria for family planning, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in Tanzania
  BMC Womens Health. 2011 Oct 21;11:46.
  Chitama D, Baltussen R, Ketting E, Kamazima S, Nswilla A, Mujinja PG.
• Urban Planning, Development and Non-Communicable Diseases
  Planning Practice and Research, 2011;26(4);373-391.
  Rao M, Barten F, Blackshaw N, Lapitan J, Galea G, Jacoby E, Samarth A, Buckley E
• Challenging urban health: towards and improved local government response to migration, informal settlements and HIV in Johannesburg. Commentary.
  Global Health Action. 2011;4:7290-DOI:10.3402/gha.v4i0.7290.
  Barten F
• The impact of the new WHO antiretroviral treatment guidelines on HIV epidemic dynamics and cost in South Africa
  PlosOne. 2011;6(7):e21919.
  Hontelez J, De Vlas S, Tanser F, Bakker R, Bärnighausen T, Newell M, Baltussen R, Lurie M
• Ageing with HIV in South-Africa
  AIDS. 2011;25:1665�1673.
  Hontelez J, Baltussen R, Bärnighausen T, Newell M, Lurie M, De Vlas S
• The potential impact of RV144-like vaccines in rural South Africa: a study using the STDSIM microsimulation model
  Vaccine. 2011;29(36):6100-6.
  Hontelez J, Nagelkerke N, Bärnighausen T, Bakker R, Tanser F, Newell M, Lurie M, Baltussen R, De Vlas S
• Public health: profession, health system, govermental control
  Lancet. 2011 August 6th
  Van Weel C, Roberts R, De Maeseneer J, van der Velden K
• The EVIDEM framework and its usefulness for priority setting across a broad range of health interventions
  Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 2011;9(8).
  Youngkong S, Tromp N, Chitama D
• Toward Healthy Cities. People, Places, the Politics of Urban Planning and Power
  Journal of Urban Health. 2011;88(2).
  Barten F
• A snapshot of the organization and provision of primary care in Turkey
  BMC Health Services Research. 2011;11.
  Kringos D, Boerma W, Spaan E, Pellny M
• Fairness in service choice: an important yet underdeveloped path to universal coverage
  Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2011 Jul;16(7):838-9.
  Baltussen R, Norheim O, Johri M
• A Grey Area of Rights and Knowledge: Displacement in Colombia, South-South Migration and Health Equity
  Journal Desafios. 2011.
  Barajas C, Barten F
• Reframing urban health, reconnecting public health and contextualizing HIV. Lessons from South Africa. Commentary.
  Global Health Action. 2011;4:7290-DOI.
  Barten F
• Problem solving for breast health care delivery in low and middle resource countries (LMCs): consensus statement from the Breast Health Global Initiative
  The Breast. 2011;20:S20-S29.
  Harford J, Otero I, Anderson B, Cazap E, Gradishar W, Gralowb J, Kane G, Niëns L, Porter P, Reeler A, Rieger P, Shockney L, Shulman L, Soldakm T, Thomas D, Thompson B, Winchester D, Zelle S, Badwe R
• Reducing Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival - The Effect of Large-Scale Screening of the Uninsured
  The Breast Journal. 2011;17(5):548-9.
  Baeten S, Baltussen R, Uyl-de Groot C, Bridges J, Niessen L
• Equity aspects of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: Who is enrolling, who is not and why?
  Social Science and Medicine. 2011;72(2):157-65.
  Jehu-Appiah C, Aryeetey G, Spaan E, de Hoop T, Agyepong I, Baltussen R
• Costs and outcomes of VCT delivery models in the context of scaling up services in Indonesia
  Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2011;16(2):193-9.
  Siregar A, Komarudin D, Wisaksana R, van Crevel R, Baltussen R

BOOKS, REPORTS & OTHERS

• Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of School-Based Sexuality Education Programmes in Six Countries
  UNESCO
  Jari Kempers, Evert Ketting, Rob Baltussen
• Kwaliteit van leven in het perspectief van duurzaamheid. Duurzame ontwikkeling en gezondheid voor allen: een bereikbaar doel!
  In: E. Wouters & N. Canters (eds). Kwaliteit van leven. Diverse perspectieven op het begrip kwaliteit van leven in de gezondheidszorg (ISBN 978-90-5931-6492). Boom Lemma Uitgevers, Den Haag 2011, pp. 151-171.
  Barten F

2010 publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Efficiency, equity and feasibility of strategies to identify the poor: an application to premium exemptions under national health insurance in Ghana
  Health Policy. 2010;95(2-3):166-73.
  Jehu-Appiah C, Aryeetey G, Spaan E, Agyepong I, Baltussen R
• Integrating sexual and reproductive health in primary care in Europe: position paper of the European Forum of Primary Care
  Quality in Primary Care. 2010;18(4):269-82.
  Ketting E, Esin A
• Criteria for priority setting of HIV/AIDS interventions in Thailand: A discrete choice experiment
  BMC Health Service Research. 2010;10:197-206.
  Youngkong S, Baltussen R, Tantivess S, Koolman X, Teerawattananon Y
• Multi-criteria decision analysis to prioritize health interventions: Capitalizing on first experiences
  Health Policy. 2010;96(3):262-4.
  Baltussen R, Youngkong S, Paolucci F, Niessen L
• Identification of poor households for premium exemptions in Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: an empirical analysis of three strategies
  Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2010;15(12):1544-52.
  Aryeetey G, Jehu-Appiah C, Spaan E, D'exelle B, Agyepong I, Baltussen R
• Zinc and vitamin A supplementation fails to reduce sputum conversion time in severely malnourished pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Indonesia
  Journal of Nutrition. 2010;28(9):41.
  Pakasi T, Karyadi E, Suratih N, Salean M, Darmawidjaja N, Bor H, Van der Velden K, Dolmans W, Van der Meer J
• Governance and Health: Meaning and Implications in Latin America.
  Journal of Public Health. 2010;12:151-160.
  Rodriguez C, Lamothe L, Barten F, Haggerty J
• Incorporating equity-efficiency interactions in cost-effectiveness analysis-three approaches applied to breast cancer control
  Value Health. 2010;13(5):573-9.
  Baeten S, Baltussen R, Uyl-de Groot C, Bridges J, Niessen L

BOOKS, REPORTS & OTHERS

• Governance for health equity in urban settings. Working paper.
  Global Research Network on Urban Health Equity. 2010.
  Barten F, Akerman M, Becker D, Friel S, Hancock T, McGranahan G, Mwatsama M, Rice M, Sheuya S, Stern R
• Improving urban health equity through action on the social and environmental determinants of health
  GRNUHE (Global Research Network on Urban Health Equity)

2009 publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Costs and health effects of community-based screening and delivery of hearing aids in Tamil Nadu, India: an observational study
  BMC Public Health.2009;9:135.
  Baltussen R, Abraham V, Priya M, Achamma B, Anand J, Abraham J, Gift N
• Cost-effectiveness of screening and correcting refractive errors in school children in Africa, Asia, America and Europe
  Health Policy. 2009; 89(2):201-15.
  Baltussen R, Naus J, Limburg H
• Barriers to access to ART in Mozambique as perceived by patients and health workers in urban and rural settings.
  Journal of AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2009;23(10):867-75.
  Posse M, Baltussen R
• Vitamin A deficiency and other risk factors for severe pulmonary tuberculosis in Timor and Rote Island East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia
  European Journal Clinical Nutrition. 2009;63(9):1130-5.
  Pakasi T, Karyadi E, Wibowo Y, Simanjuntak Y, Desy M, Suratih N, Salean M, Darmawidjaja M, Van der Velden K, Van der Meer J, Dolmans W
• Cost-Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (CERA) - directions for the future
  Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 2009;23(7):14.
  Baltussen R, Acharya A, Antioch K, Chisholm D, Grieve R, Kirigia J, Torres-Edejer T, Walker D, Evans D
• Task shifting:the answer to the human resources crisis in Africa?
  Human Resources for Health. 2009;21(7):49.
  Lehmann U, Van Damme W, Barten F, Sanders D
• Malnutrution and socio demographic factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in Timor and Rote Islands East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia
  International Journal Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2009;13(6):755-9.
  Pakasi T, Karyadi E, Dolmans W, Van der Meer J, Van der Velden K
• Cost-effectiveness of selected interventions for hearing impairment in Africa and Asia: A mathematical modelling approach
  International Journal of Audiology. 2009;48(3):144-58.
  Baltussen R, Smith A
• Costs of screening of children for hearing disorders and delivery of hearing aids in China
  BMC Health Services Research.2009;9:64.
  Baltussen R, Li J, Wu X, Gu X, Bai X, Sun X, McPherson B
• Setting priorities for health interventions in developing countries: a review of empirical studies
  Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2009;14(8):930-9.
  Youngkong S, Kapiriri L, Baltussen R
• Economic aspect of HIV/AIDS control and injecting drug use in Indonesia
  Acta Medica Indonesia. 2009;41(1):70-4.
  Siregar A, Komarudin D, Leuwol B, Afriandi I, Djuhaeni H, Baltussen R

BOOKS, REPORTS & OTHERS

• Radical new approach to global health
  The Broker 2009, Special Report Health for All.1:9-15.
  Francoise Barten and Ted Schrecker and David Woodward
• Salud para Todos. Una meta posible para gobiernos comprometidos y pueblos movilizados
  IIED-AL, Buenos Aires. 2009; ISBN nr: 978-987-22370-5-9.
  Barten F, Rovere M, Espinoza E

2008 publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• Balancing equity and efficiency in health priorities in Ghana: the use of multi-criteria decision analysis
  Value in Health. 2008;1(7):1081-7.
  Jehu-Appiah C, Baltussen R, Acquah C, Aikins M, Amah d'Almeida S, Bosu W, Koolman X, Lauer J, Osei D, Adjei S
• Implementation, Effectiveness and Political Context of Comprehensive Primary Health Care: Preliminary Findings of a Global Literature Review
  Australian Journal of Primary Health. 2008;14(3):58-67.
  Labonte R, Sanders D, Baum F, Schaay N, Packer C, Laplante D, Vega-Romero R, Viswanatha V, Barten F, Hurley C, Tujuba Ali H, Manolakos H, Acosta-Ramires N, Pollard J, Narayan T, Mohamed S, Peperkamp L
• Barriers to access to antiretroviral treatment: a review of recent studies in developing countries
  Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2008;13(7):904-13.
  Posse M, Meheus F, van Asten H, van der Ven A, Baltussen R
• Prevention and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care: position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care
  Quality in Primary Care. 2008;16(5):363-77.
  Schermer T, van Weel C, Barten F, Buffels J, Chavannes N, Kardas P, Østrem A, Schneider A, Yaman H
• Health reform in El Salvador: a lost opportunity for reducing health inequity and social exclusion?
  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2008;62(5):380-1.
  Espinoza E, Barten F
• Twijfels over duurzaamheid van HIF ziektekostenverzekering in Afrika
  Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 2008. (Letter to the Editor)
  Baltussen R, Bijlmakers L, Oostingh H
• Contextualising worker's health and safety in urban settings: the need for a global perspective and an integrated approach
  Habitat International. 2008;32(2):223-236.
  Barten F, Sousa Santana V, Rongo L, Varillas W, Pakasi T

BOOKS, REPORTS & OTHERS

• Environment and health in an urbanizing world
  Van Gorcum Publications. 2008.
  Barten F, Heikens G
• Las inequidades en salud. Un abordaje integral
  IIED-AL, Buenos Aires, (ISBN nr- 978-987-22370-4-2).
  Barten F, Flores W, Hardoy A

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