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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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Background Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) link data on disease occurrence to health outcomes, and they are a useful aid in establishing country-specific agendas regarding cancer control.
Soerjomataram Isabelle +6 more
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Estimation of disability weight for paragonimiasis: a systematic analysis
Background Paragonimiasis, caused by helminths of the genus Paragonimus spp., is a neglected tropical disease. Human suffering from paragonimiasis is often misunderstood and its quantification by the disability weight of the disability-adjusted life ...
Yun Feng +3 more
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Background Cancer is the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The cancer burden varies within the regions of India posing great challenges in its prevention and control.
Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan +9 more
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Objectives: We aimed to analyze the secular trends in mesothelioma burden, the effect of age, period, and birth cohort, and project the global burden over time. Material and methods: Based on the mesothelioma incidence, mortality, and Disability-Adjusted
Wenmin Zhu +4 more
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Time‐resolved dynamic disability adjusted life‐years estimation
The quantification of how healthy the indoor air is, is a complex issue comprising of a large number of contaminants of various sources. The health implication of exposure to each of the contaminant deemed of importance can be expressed using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
Klaas De Jonge, Jelle Laverge
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Cross-national agreement on disability weights: the European Disability Weights Project
Background Disability weights represent the relative severity of disease stages to be incorporated in summary measures of population health. The level of agreement on disability weights in Western European countries was investigated with different ...
Burström Kristina +3 more
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The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence
The majority of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, most of which are classified as “neglected”. By affecting both humans and animals, zoonoses pose a dual burden.
Carlotta Di Bari +12 more
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3. Calculating disability adjusted life years [PDF]
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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Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants
Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants. ABSTRACT Objective Return of disease activity is expected when patients discontinue disease‐modifying therapy (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS). Some MS DMTs are associated with higher‐than‐expected disease activity (rebound) after discontinuation.
Ralf Gold +12 more
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