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The burden of COVID-19 based on disability-adjusted life years: a systematic review of available evidence [PDF]
BackgroundThe present study tries to evaluate and summarize the available evidence to provide insights into the COVID-19 burden worldwide using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and compare the level of damage across countries during this pandemic ...
Eshagh Barfar +4 more
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Tuberculosis Disability Adjusted Life Years, Colombia 2010–2018
Estimating the burden of tuberculosis disease is relevant for assessing and identifying population health status and progress in policies and programs aimed at epidemic control.
Laura Plata-Casas +2 more
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Measuring Trends in Disability-adjusted Life Years and Life Expectancy in Korea: 2008 to 2021 [PDF]
Objectives: This study, part of the ongoing Korean National Burden of Disease (KNBD) updates, assesses disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE) in Korea, taking into account the effects of coronavirus disease ...
Chung-Nyun Kim +6 more
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Disability-adjusted life years associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020. [PDF]
BackgroundWe quantified the national- and state-level burden of COVID-19 in Brazil and its states during 2020 and contrasted it to the burden from other causes of disease and injury.MethodsWe used national surveillance data on COVID-19 cases ...
Cleber Vinicius Brito Dos Santos +6 more
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Estimating the Years of Life Lost and Mortality Caused By COVID-19 in Mashhad, the Second-Largest City in Iran [PDF]
Introduction: The disability-adjusted life years (DALY) may provide a better indicator of the burden of disease than mortality. This study provides the estimates of both Years of Life Lost (YLL) and COVID-19 mortality in Mashhad.
Majid Khadem-rezaiyan +10 more
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Background: Efforts to quantify the burden of maternal disorders at the national and provincial levels are valuable for resource allocation and for development and adoption of public health policies. Methods: Following the methods of the Global Burden of
Liyuan Han +4 more
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This paper explores the symbolic and material implications of the use of DALYs and QALYs as priority or tie-breaker criteria in triage decisions. It aims to answer the question of their ethical permissibility based on the particular case of the COVID-19
Lautaro Leani, Ignacio Mastroleo
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National Burden of Disease and Study in Iran [PDF]
Background: The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease and injury in Iran for the year 2003, using Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) at the national level.
N Jafari +6 more
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Introduction Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompass a range of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect the patient's communication and behavior.
Sepideh Ebrahimi Meimand +14 more
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Background Disability weights (DWs) are weight factors that reflect the severity of health states for estimates of disability-adjusted life years. A new set of global DWs was published for the Global Burden of Diseases and Injuries (GBD) 2013 study ...
Shuhei Nomura +9 more
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