Comparative analyses of more than 50 household surveys on health status (abridged version) * by: Ritu Sadana 1 , Colin D. Mathers 1 , Alan D. Lopez 1 , Christopher J.L. Murray 1 , Kim M. Iburg 2 For presentation during Session 5 of the Joint UN-ECE and WHO Expert Meeting on Health Status Measurements hosted by Statistics Canada Ottawa, 23-25 October 2000 Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy World Health Organization Geneva * For the full version of this paper, see www.who.int/evidence , discussion papers, #15 1 Global Program on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 2 National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark