Browsing by Subject "years lived with disability"

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2021-03-05Zeitschriftenartikel

Burden of Disease Methods: A Guide to Calculate COVID-19 Disability-Adjusted Life Years

Wyper, Grant M. A.; Assunção, Ricardo M. A.; Colzani, Edoardo; Grant, Ian; Haagsma, Juanita A.; Lagerweij, Giske; von der Lippe, Elena; McDonald, Scott A.; Pires, Sara M.; Porst, Michael; Speybroeck, Niko; Devleesschauwer, Brecht

Background To date, most efforts to understand the comparative population health impact of COVID-19 have been made using mortality-based metrics [1,2]. This has intensified discussion over methodological choices; in ...
2021-07-02Zeitschriftenartikel

The increasing significance of disease severity in a burden of disease framework

Wyper, Grant M. A.; Assuncao, Ricardo; Fletcher, Eilidh; Gourley, Michelle; Grant, Ian; Haagsma, Juanita A.; Hilderink, Henk; Idavain, Jane; Lesnik, Tina; von der Lippe, Elena; Majdan, Marek; Mccartney, Gerry; Santric-Milicevic, Milena; Pallari, Elena; Pires, Sara M.; Plass, Dietrich; Porst, Michael; Santos, João V.; de Haro Moro, Maria Teresa; Stockton, Diane L.; Devleesschauwer, Brecht

Recent estimates have reiterated that non-fatal causes of disease, such as low back pain, headaches and depressive disorders, are amongst the leading causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). For these causes, the ...