List of Illustrations and Tables

Chapter 1

Fig. 1.1 Prevalence of CDs and NCDs by World Bank country income  categories. : 3

Fig. 1.2 Deaths from CDs and NCDs by World Bank country income  categories. : 4

Fig. 1.3 Cost-effectiveness plane. : 9

Chapter 2

Fig. 2.1 Ministry of Health Organization and consequences for NCD  Units. : 23

Fig. 2.2 NCDs ranked by proportion of interviews in which they were  mentioned. : 25

Fig. 2.3 Timeline of milestones in NCD action from 1990–2019. : 29

Chapter 3

Fig. 3.1 Systematic thinking for Evidence-based and Efficient  Decision-making (SEED) Tool. : 43

Fig. 3.2 Hierarchy of evidence. Source: Modified from New Evidence  Pyramid. : 45

Chapter 4

Table 4.1 WHO’s list of Best Buys on NCD preventions. : 52

Table 4.2 Summary of the collected case studies. : 56

Table 4.3 Additional considerations for making and judging Best Buy  NCD preventive policies. : 58

Table 4.3 (continued) Additional considerations for making and  judging Best Buy NCD preventive policies. : 59

Chapter 5

Fig. 5.1 Wasted Buys on a cost-effectiveness plane. : 73

Fig. 5.2 Normal distribution of countries benefitting from international guidelines. : 86

Chapter 6

Fig. 6.1 The growth of cost-per-DALY-averted studies. Source Author’s analysis of Tufts Medical Center Global Health Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry (www.ghcearegistry.org). : 93

Fig. 6.2 Geographic distributions of available cost-per-DALY-averted  studies for non-communicable diseases. Source: Author’s analysis of Tufts Medical Center Global Health CEA Registry (www.ghcearegistry.org). : 93

Fig. 6.3 Decision chart for assessing transferability and evidence  review. : 99

Table 6.1 Transferability assessment checklist. : 100

Table 6.2 Assessing transferability of Best Buy interventions for diabetes  prevention and management. : 112

Chapter 7

Fig. 7.1 Types of study design. : 122

Fig. 7.2 Hierarchy of evidence synthesis. : 124

Chapter 9

Fig. 9.1 Three different forms of evidence. : 154

Table 9.1 Principles of good governance for HTA. : 163

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