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Overview

Kenneth Hill is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans fields of Medicine and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with significant contributions in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Finance, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Economics and Econometrics, and Health.

The principal topics of Kenneth Hill's work include Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses, Health disparities and outcomes, Child Nutrition and Water Access, and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenneth Hill include:

  • Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: a systematic assessment, 2021, The Lancet
  • The effects of changes in distance to nearest health facility on under-5 mortality and health care utilization in rural Malawi, 1980-1998, 2020, BMC Health Services Research
  • Global, Regional, and National Estimates and Trends in Stillbirths From 2000 to 2019: A Systematic Assessment, 2022, Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
  • Global, Regional, and National Levels and Trends in Stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: A Systematic Assessment, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The effects of changes in distance to nearest health facility on under-5 mortality and health care utilization in rural Malawi, 1980-2000, 2020, Research Square (Research Square)

Kenneth Hill frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Lucia Hug
  • Danzhen You
  • Hannah Blencowe
  • Anu Mishra
  • Zhengfan Wang

The venues where Kenneth Hill has published most often include:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Lancet
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • World development report 1993 : investing in health

    Seth Berkley;Jose-Luis Bobadilla;Robert Hecht;Kenneth Hill

  • Estimates of Maternal Mortality Worldwide Between 1990 and 2005: An Assessment of Available Data

    K. Hill;K. Thomas;C. AbouZahr;N. Walker

  • Estimation of potential global pandemic influenza mortality on the basis of vital registry data from the 1918–20 pandemic: a quantitative analysis

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Alan D. Lopez;Brian Chin;Dennis Feehan

  • Stillbirth rates: delivering estimates in 190 countries

    Cynthia Stanton;Joy E Lawn;Joy E Lawn;Hafiz Rahman;Katarzyna Wilczynska-Ketende

  • Levels and trends in child mortality, 1990-2009

    Danzhen You;Gareth Jones;Kenneth Hill;Tessa Wardlaw

  • The effect of water and sanitation on child health: evidence from the demographic and health surveys 1986–2007

    Günther Fink;Isabel Günther;Kenneth Hill

  • Association of Maternal Stature With Offspring Mortality, Underweight, and Stunting in Low- to Middle-Income Countries

    Emre Özaltin;Kenneth Hill;S. V. Subramanian

  • Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: A systematic assessment

    Lucia Hug;Danzhen You;Hannah Blencowe;Anu Mishra

  • Characterizing the Epidemiological Transition in Mexico: National and Subnational Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Gretchen Stevens;Rodrigo H Dias;Kevin J. A Thomas;Juan A Rivera

  • Can we achieve Millennium Development Goal 4? New analysis of country trends and forecasts of under-5 mortality to 2015

    Christopher J L Murray;Thomas Laakso;Kenji Shibuya;Kenneth Hill

  • Gender differences in child health: evidence from the demographic and health surveys

    Kenneth Hill;Dawn M. Upchurch

  • Famine in China, 1958–61

    Basil Ashton;Kenneth Hill;Alan Piazza;Robin Zeitz

  • The demography of menopause

    Kenneth Hill

  • Towards Universal Health Coverage: An Evaluation of Rwanda Mutuelles in Its First Eight Years

    Chunling Lu;Brian Leland Chin;Jiwon Lee Lewandowski;Paulin Basinga

  • Traumatic events and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst Sudanese nationals, refugees and Ugandans in the West Nile

    Unni Krishnan Karunakara;Frank Neuner;Margarete Schauer;Kavita Singh

  • Causes of childhood deaths in Bangladesh : results of a nationwide verbal autopsy study

    Abdullah H. Baqui;Robert E. Black;S. E. Arifeen;Kenneth Hill

  • Investment in child and adolescent health and development: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition

    Donald A P Bundy;Nilanthi de Silva;Susan Horton;George C Patton

  • Estimates of maternal mortality for 1995.

    Kenneth Hill;Carla AbouZahr;Tessa Wardlaw

  • Tools for Demographic Estimation

    TA Moultrie;RE Dorrington;AG Hill;K Hill

  • Maternal Mortality in Bangladesh: A Countdown to 2015 Country Case Study

    Shams E. El Arifeen;Kenneth Hill;Karar Zunaid Ahsan;Kanta Jamil

  • Estimates of maternal mortality worldwide between 1990 and 2005 : an assessment of available data. Commentary

    Ann M. Starrs;Abdo S. Yazbeck;Kenneth Hill;Kevin Thomas

  • The World Health Report 2000: Health Systems: Improving Performance

    Kenneth Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Agbessi Amouzou
Agbessi Amouzou Johns Hopkins University
Gilbert Burnham
Gilbert Burnham Johns Hopkins University
Günther Fink
Günther Fink Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Dean T. Jamison
Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco
Joy E Lawn
Joy E Lawn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
David M. Bishai
David M. Bishai Johns Hopkins University
Agnes Binagwaho
Agnes Binagwaho Harvard University
Ian M. Timæus
Ian M. Timæus London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Michael Levin
Michael Levin Tufts University
S. V. Subramanian
S. V. Subramanian Harvard University

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