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The burden of COVID-19 based on disability-adjusted life years: a systematic review of available evidence [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
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
doaj   +4 more sources

Tuberculosis Disability Adjusted Life Years, Colombia 2010–2018

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
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
doaj   +3 more sources

Measuring Trends in Disability-adjusted Life Years and Life Expectancy in Korea: 2008 to 2021 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Disability-adjusted life years associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Estimating the Years of Life Lost and Mortality Caused By COVID-19 in Mashhad, the Second-Largest City in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Fasting and Health, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Burden of maternal disorders in China from 1990 to 2019: Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Is the Use of DALYs and QALYs Ethically Permissible in Triage Decisions? COVID-19 and Equity Considerations from a Queer-Crip Perspective

open access: yesEthic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

National Burden of Disease and Study in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2009
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
doaj   +1 more source

Burden of autism spectrum disorders in North Africa and Middle East from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2023
Introduction Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompass a range of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect the patient's communication and behavior.
Sepideh Ebrahimi Meimand   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries?—an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents

open access: yesPopulation Health Metrics, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

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