Publications

Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Dereje Dillu, Gemu Tiru, Kjell Arne Johansson, Sarah Bolongaita, Averi Chakrabarti, Nathaniel Hendrix (2021). The financial risks of care-seeking for malaria by rural households in Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, southwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open [under review].

Katherine T. Lofgren, David A. Watkins, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Joshua A. Salomon, Stéphane Verguet (2021). Balancing health and financial protection in health benefit package design. Health Economics, 30(12).

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Hailu Dhufera, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Stéphane Verguet, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Kjell Arne Johansson, Solomon Tessema Memirie (2021). Financial risk of road traffic trauma care in public and private hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional observational study. Injury.

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Abdene Weya Kaso, Alemayehu Hailu (2021). Costs and cost-effectiveness of Gene Xpert compared to smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using real-world data from Arsi zone, Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 16(10).

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Neil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman, NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network Secretariat (2021). Prioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty Commissions. Global Health, Science and Practice, 9(3).

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Alemayehu Hailu, Getachew Teshome, Amanuel Yigezu, Melanie Y. Bertram, Kjell Arne Johansson, Ole Frithjof Norheim (2021). Contextualization of cost-effectiveness evidence from literature for 382 health interventions for the Ethiopian essential health services package revision. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 19(1).

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Abdulrahman Jbaily, Annie Haakenstad, Mizan Kiros, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Stéphane Verguet (2021). Examining the density in out-of-pocket spending share in the estimation of catastrophic health expenditures. European Journal of Health Economics.

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Alemayehu Hailu, Roman Gebreyes, Ole Frithjof Norheim (2021). Equity in Public Health Spending in Ethiopia: Benefit Incidence Analysis. 2021 World Congress on Health Economics.

Allison Portnoy, Steven Sweet, Dawit Desalegn, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Jane J Kim, Stéphane Verguet (2021). Health gains and financial protection from human papillomavirus vaccination in Ethiopia: findings from a modelling study. Health Policy and Planning, 36(6).

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Merkeb Zeray, Damen Haile Mariam, Zekariyas Sahile, Alemayehu Hailu (2021). Validity and reliability of the Amharic version of the Schwartz Center Compassionate Care Scale. PLOS ONE, 16(3).

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Solomon Tessema Memirie, Mulat Nigus, Stéphane Verguet (2021). Cost-effectiveness and equitable access to vaccines in Ethiopia: an overview and evidence synthesis of the published literature. Journal of Global Health Reports, 5.

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Stéphane Verguet, Alemayehu Hailu, Getachew Teshome, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Kjell Arne Johansson, Ole Frithjof Norheim (2021). Toward universal health coverage in the post-COVID-19 era. Nature Medicine, 27(3).

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Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Wondesen Nigatu Belete, Senait Alemayehu, Elias Asfaw, Kora Tushune Godana, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Alula M. Teklu, Amanuel Yigezu (2021). Economic evaluation of Health Extension Program packages in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE, 16(2).

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Maria Olsen, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Solomon Tessema Memirie (2021). Reducing regional health inequality: a sub-national distributional cost-effectiveness analysis of community-based treatment of childhood pneumonia in Ethiopia. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1).

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Getachew Teshome, Alemayehu Hailu, Karin Stenberg, Kjell Arne Johansson, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Melanie Y. Bertram (2021). Generalised cost-effectiveness analysis of 159 health interventions for the Ethiopian essential health service package. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 19(1).

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Alemayehu Hailu, Getachew Teshome, Karin Stenberg, Ole Frithjof Norheim (2021). Is Universal Health Coverage Affordable? Estimated Costs and Fiscal Space Analysis for the Ethiopian Essential Health Services Package. Health Systems & Reform, 7(1).

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Mengistu Bekele, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Alemayehu Hailu (2021). Cost-Effectiveness of Saxagliptin Compared With Glibenclamide as a Second-Line Therapy Added to Metformin for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ethiopia. MDM Policy & Practice, 6(1).

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Averi Chakrabarti, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Seblewongel Yigletu, Mizan Kiros, Stéphane Verguet (2020). Modeling the potential health and financial benefits of increasing tobacco taxes in Ethiopia: a distributional impact analysis. Social Science & Medicine – Population Health [under review].

Averi Chakrabarti, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Mizan Kiros, Christina Meyer, Phong Pham, Patrick Vinck, Stéphane Verguet (2020). Ethiopian healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Pending submission].

Addis Tamire Woldemariam, Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Stéphane Verguet (2020). Avoiding premature mortality in Ethiopia 2015–30: a review of national mortality trends and policy recommendations. Working paper.

Getachew Teshome, Alemayehu Hailu, Zelalem Adugna Geletu, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Kjell Arne Johansson, Karin Stenberg, Melanie Y. Bertram, Amir Aman, Ole Frithjof Norheim (2020). Revision of the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: An Explication of the Process and Methods Used. Health Systems & Reform, 6(1).

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Mizan Kiros, Ermias Dessie, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Kjell Arne Johansson, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Stéphane Verguet (2020). The burden of household out-of-pocket health expenditures in Ethiopia: estimates from a nationally representative survey (2015–16). Health Policy and Planning, 35(8).

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Karl Blanchet, Ala Alwan, Caroline Antoine, Marion Jane Cros, Ferozuddin Feroz, Tseguaneh Amsalu Guracha, Oystein Haaland, Alemayehu Hailu, Peter Hangoma, Dean Jamison, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Ingrid Miljeteig, Ahmad Jan Naeem, Sara L. Nam, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Stéphane Verguet, David Watkins, Kjell Arne Johansson (2020). Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health, 5(10).

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Amanuel Yigezu, Senait Alemayehu, Shallo Daba Hamusse, Getachew Teshome, Damen Hailemariam, Alemayehu Hailu (2020). Cost-effectiveness of facility-based, stand-alone and mobile-based voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 18(1).

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Abdulrahman Jbaily, Isabelle Feldhaus, Benjamin Bigelow, Leila Kamareddine, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Marion Bouvier, Mizan Kiros, Stéphane Verguet (2020). Toward health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: insights from mathematical modeling of drug supply chains. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1).

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Senait Alemayehu, Amanuel Yigezu, Damen Hailemariam, Alemayehu Hailu (2020). Cost-effectiveness of treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in treatment initiative centers and treatment follow-up centers in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 15(7).

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Solomon Tessema Memirie, Hailemichael Desalegn, Mulugeta Naizgi, Mulat Nigus, Lisanu Taddesse, Yared Tadesse, Fasil Tessema, Meseret Zalelem, Tsinuel Girma (2020). Introduction of birth dose of hepatitis B virus vaccine to the immunization program in Ethiopia: an economic evaluation. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 18(1).

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Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Eyerusalem Kebede Negussie, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Kjell Arne Johansson (2020). Financial burden of HIV and TB among patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 10(6).

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Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Eyerusalem Kebede Negussie, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Kjell Arne Johansson (2020). Financial burden of HIV and TB among patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 10(6).

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Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete, Dan Wang, Lingrui Liu, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Stéphane Verguet, Kjell Arne Johansson, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla (2020). Health gains and financial risk protection afforded by public financing of selected malaria interventions in Ethiopia: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. Malaria Journal, 19(1).

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Roger Ying, Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Bruce R. Schackman, Stéphane Verguet (2020). Spatial distribution and characteristics of HIV clusters in Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 25(3).

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Roger Ying, Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Bruce R Schackman, Stéphane Verguet (2019). Spatial distribution and characteristics of HIV clusters in Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 4.

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Getachew Teshome Eregata, Alemayehu Hailu, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Ole Frithjof Norheim (2019). Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: national and subnational analysis in Ethiopia. BMJ Global Health, 4(6).

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Kjell Arne Johansson, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Ingrid Miljeteig, Mahlet Kifle Habtemariam, Addis Tamire Woldemariam, Stéphane Verguet, Ole Frithjof Norheim (2019). Country contextualisation of cost-effectiveness studies: lessons from Ethiopia. BMJ Global Health, 4(6).

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Addis Tamire Woldemariam (2019). A Developing Country Perspective. Global Health Priority-Setting.

Ole Frithjof Norheim (2019). Priority Setting on the Path to UHC: Time for Stronger Institutions and Stronger Health Systems: Response to Recent Commentaries. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 8(8).

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Benjamin Bigelow, Dawit N. Desalegn, Joshua A. Salomon, Stéphane Verguet (2019). Modelling hospital operations: insight from using data from paper registries in the obstetrics ward at a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BMJ Global Health, 4(3).

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Ole Frithjof Norheim, Trygve Ottersen, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Kjell Arne Johansson (2019). Incorporating Distributional Concerns into Practical Tools for Priority-Setting. Global Health Priority-Setting.

Stéphane Verguet, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Dean T. Jamison (2019). Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Global Health Priority-Setting.

Ole Frithjof Norheim (2018). Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Is Published: A Theory of Change Is Needed for Translating Evidence to Health Policy. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7(9).

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Solomon Tessema Memirie, Mahlet Kifle, Mathewos Asefa, Biniyam Tefera Deressa, Getamesay Abayneh, Biniam Tsegaye, Mihiret Woldetinsae Abraha, Girma Ababi, Ahmedin Jemal, Timothy R Rebbeck, Stéphane Verguet (2018). Estimates of Cancer Incidence in Ethiopia in 2015 Using Population-Based Registry Data . JCO Global Oncology, 4.

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Solomon Tessema Memirie, Zewdu Sisay Metaferia, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Carol E Levin, Stéphane Verguet, Kjell Arne Johansson (2017). Household expenditures on pneumonia and diarrhoea treatment in Ethiopia: a facility-based study. BMJ Global Health, 2.

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Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Stéphane Verguet, Abebe Bekele, Kassahun Amenu, Senbeta Guteta Abdisa, Kjell Arne Johansson (2017). Out-of-pocket expenditures for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in general and specialised cardiac hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional cohort study. BMJ Global Health, 2(2).

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Solomon Tessema Memirie, Stéphane Verguet, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Carol E Levin, Kjell Arne Johansson (2016). Assessing the burden of medical impoverishment by cause: a systematic breakdown by disease in Ethiopia. BMC Medicine, 14.

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Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Senbeta Guteta Abdisa, Awel Ababulgu, Degu Jerene, Melanie Bertram, Kirsten Strand, Stéphane Verguet, Kjell Arne Johansson (2016). Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 14(1).

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Solomon Tessema Memirie, Stéphane Verguet, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Carol E Levin, Kjell Arne Johansson (2016). Inequalities in utilization of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia: the role of primary health care. BMC Health Services Research, 16(51).

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Mark G Shrime, Stéphane Verguet, Kjell Arne Johansson, Dawit Desalegn, Dean T Jamison, Margaret E Kruk (2015). Task-sharing or public finance for the expansion of surgical access in rural Ethiopia: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. Health Policy and Planning, 31(6).

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Kjell Arne Johansson, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Clint Pecenka, Dean T Jamison, Stéphane Verguet (2015). Health Gains and Financial Protection from Pneumococcal Vaccination and Pneumonia Treatment in Ethiopia: Results from an Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. PLOS One.

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Clint Pecenka, Kjell Arne Johansson, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Dean T Jamison, Stéphane Verguet (2015). Comparing the health and social protection effects of measles vaccination strategies in Ethiopia: An extended cost-effectiveness analysis. BMJ Open, 5.

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Stéphane Verguet, Zachary D Olson, Joseph B Babigumira, Dawit Desalegn, Kjell Arne Johansson, Margaret Kruk, Carol E Levin, Rachel E Nugent, Clint Pecenka, Mark G Shrime, Solomon Tessema Memirie, David A Watkins, Dean T Jamison (2015). Health gains and financial risk protection afforded by public financing of selected interventions in Ethiopia: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. The Lancet Global Health.

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