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Calculating disability-adjusted life years to quantify burden of disease [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health, 2014
The disability-adjusted life year or DALY is a summary measure of public health widely used to quantify burden of disease. In the DALY philosophy, every person is born with a certain number of life years potentially lived in optimal health. People may lose these healthy life years through living with illness and/or through dying before a reference life
Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Havelaar, Arie H, Maertens de Noordhout, Charline, Haagsma, Juanita A, Praet, Nicolas, Dorny, Pierre, Duchateau, Luc, Torgerson, Paul R, Van Oyen, Herman, Speybroeck, Niko   +9 more
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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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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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Estimation of Burden of Cystic Echinococcosis in Iran Using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in 2018 [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021
Background: Human hydatidosis as a public concern has increased in a number of countries that have reduced control programs for the disease due to lack of resources or policies.
Fateme Parandin, Fatemeh Heydarpour, Mehdi Mohebali, Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd, Ali Akbari Sari, Mohamad Zeynali, Ahad Alizadeh, Naser Nazari, Farzad Kaveh, Mohammad Bagher Rokni   +9 more
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Disability-Adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review [PDF]

Journal of Health Economics, 1997
Abstract The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) has emerged in the international health policy lexicon as a new measure of the ‘burden of disease ‘. The conceptual framework for DALYs is described and justified in the paper ‘Quantifying the burden of disease: the technical basis for disability-adjusted life years ‘ (Murray 1994 ...
Anand, S, Hanson, K
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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 ...
Detournay, Bruno, Nicolucci, Antonio, Kaskens, Lisette, Kern, Werner, Darbà, Josep, Orozco-Beltrán, Domingo, Ramírez de Arellano, Antonio, Ramírez de Arellano A, Nicolucci A, Orozco-Beltrán D, Kaskens L, Kern W, Detournay B, Darbà J   +13 more
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Table 4. Disability-Adjusted Life Years, Orinoquia (Colombia), 2017

, 2022
 Disability-Adjusted Life Years, Orinoquia (Colombia), 2017 
Oscar Gutierrez (13257315)
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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) based COVID-19 health impact assessment: A systematic review

, 2023
Background The emergence of COVID-19 has resulted in health, socio-economic, and political crises. The overall health impact of this disease can be measured by disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) which is the sum of the life years lost due to ...
Islam, Md Shahidul, Wark, Stuart, Gebeyehu, Daniel Teshome, East, Leah, Md Shahidul Islam, Leah East, Daniel Teshome Gebeyehu, Stuart Wark   +7 more
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What are Disability-Adjusted Life Years? [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health, 2013
The Disability-Adjusted Life Year or DALY is a summary measure of public health widely used to quantify burden of disease. In the DALY philosophy, every person is born with a certain number of life years potentially lived in optimal health. People may lose these healthy life years through living with illness and/or through dying before a reference life
N Praet, B Devleesschauwer, P Dorny, L Duchateau, N Speybroeck   +4 more
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Disability-adjusted life years averted through cancer treatment of 161 children at Bugando Medical Centre from January 2010 to August 2014.

, 2022
Disability-adjusted life years averted through cancer treatment of 161 children at Bugando Medical Centre from January 2010 to August 2014.
Nelson J. Chao (9368078), Kristin Schroeder (699838), Dharshan Sivaraj (14142018), Anthony T. Saxton (3281109), Manisha Bhattacharya (14142015), Henry E. Rice (3281124), Nestory Masalu (8633634)   +6 more
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