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Time trends in disability-adjusted life years for cataracts attributable to indoor air pollution across 17 low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]

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Yang Y, Capapelo JJ, Wang Y, Wu Y, Zhu Y, Shi L, Sun X, Chen P, Li J.   +8 more
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Disability adjusted life years and acute onset disorders

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Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and rehabilitation

Disability and Rehabilitation, 2002
The Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a unit that was developed for use in cost-effectiveness analysis and epidemiology studies. It is a combined measure of both death and disability, and has been extensively utilized in several countries and across various conditions. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications for rehabilitation of
Jennifer, Jelsma, Willy, De Weerdt, Paul, De Cock   +2 more
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Disability adjusted life years lost to dengue in Brazil

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2009
SummaryObjectives  To assess the dengue burden in Brazil, and to compare it over three spatial scales: in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the state of Rio de Janeiro, and in Brazil overall.Methods  We calculated disability adjusted life years (DALYs) lost to dengue per million individuals annually from 1986 through 2006.
P M, Luz, B, Grinsztejn, A P, Galvani
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Disability-Adjusted Life-Years Due to Stroke in Kenya

Neuroepidemiology, 2019
<b><i>Background:</i></b> There is little information on stroke morbidity in Kenya to inform health care planning. The disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) are a time-based measure of health status that incorporates both disability and mortality. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This was a multicenter prospective
Lydia Kaduka, Erastus Muniu, Jane Mbui, Chrispine Oduor Owuor, Robai Gakunga, Judith Kwasa, Sylvanus Wabwire, Nathan Okerosi, Anne Korir, Scot C. Remick   +9 more
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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) : A Primer

2021
The Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a measure, or metric, that quantifies the burden of a negative event on society (i.e., natural disasters, injuries, illnesses). In essence, one DALY is one year of healthy life lost as a result of death or disability.
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Climate change and disability-adjusted life years.

Journal of environmental health, 2007
The authors conducted a systematic review of the studies of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost because of climate change. The review considered both methodological issues and research results. It found that little is known about DALYs lost because of climate change, except for results based on limited information presented in the World Health ...
Zhang, Y., Bi, P., Hiller, J.
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Understanding DALYs (disability-adjusted life years).

Journal of health economics, 1998
The measurement unit disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), used in recent years to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries and risk factors on human populations, is grounded on cogent economic and ethical principles and can guide policies toward delivering more cost-effective and equitable health care.
C J, Murray, A K, Acharya
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The evolution of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY)

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2015
Abstract The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is a summary health measure that combines mortality and morbidity into a single measure as a way to estimate global disease burden and the effectiveness of health interventions. We review the methodological progression of the DALY, focusing on how the use of life expectancy estimates, disability ...
Ariel Chen, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Ashish A. Deshmukh, Scott B. Cantor   +3 more
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