The burden of tuberculosis disease in women, Colombia 2010-2018
Infectio, 2023 Objective: to estimate disability-adjusted life years in women attributable to tuberculosis in Colombia 2010-2018. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted.
Laura Plata-Casas
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Disability-adjusted life years lost due to diabetes in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom: a burden of illness study [PDF]
, 2015 To compare the burden of disease (BoD) attributable to diabetes expressed in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for five European countries in ...
Darbà, Josep +6 more
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National Burden of Cancers in Tunisia: A Disability Adjusted Life-year Approach
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal, 2020 Cancer places a considerable burden on society that is reflected in both economic and humanitarian costs. We aimed to estimate the disease burden of cancers in Tunisia using the Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) as a health measure. We performed the
Houda Ben Ayed +7 more
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How to allocate scarce health resources without discriminating against people with disabilities [PDF]
, 2016 One widely used method for allocating health care resources involves the use of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to rank treatments in terms of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained.
John, Tyler M. +2 more
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A software tool for estimation of burden of infectious diseases in Europe using incidence-based disability adjusted life years [PDF]
, 2017 The burden of disease framework facilitates the assessment of the health impact of diseases through the use of summary measures of population health such as Disability- Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). However, calculating, interpreting and communicating the
Cassini, A. (Alessandro) +11 more
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A narrative review on the burden of migraine: when the burden is the impact on people’s life
The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2019 Background The burden of headache disorders, and of migraine in particular, is multifaceted and fragmented. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a description the main topics underlying the concepts of burden and impact of migraine disorders ...
Matilde Leonardi, Alberto Raggi
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The Drug Problem and Organized Crime, Illicit Financial Flows, Corruption and Terrorism [PDF]
, 2017 An estimated quarter of a billion people, or around 5 per cent of the global adult population, used drugs at least once in 2015. Even more worrisome is the fact that about 29.5 million of those drug users, or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population ...
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3. Calculating disability adjusted life years [PDF]
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin Supplementary Series, 1900 This chapter introduces the formula used for calculating a DALY and its components. The calculations and formulae are not essential to assessing the effort and time involved in conducting the study, as most of the effort is expended in the data collation and processing stage before the formulae are applied.
Doug Lincoln, David Muscatello
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Perspectives in Clinical Research, 2017 Background: India continues to contribute disproportionately to the global burden of disease and public health research output from India is also known to be not commensurate with her healthcare needs.
Mansi Chaturvedi +2 more
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The health-related social costs of alcohol in Belgium [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Alcohol is associated with adverse health effects causing a considerable economic impact to society. A reliable estimate of this economic impact for Belgium is lacking. This is the aim of the study.
Annemans, Lieven +4 more
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