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Estimating and validating disability-adjusted life years at the global level: a methodological framework for cancer

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012
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, Lortet-Tieulent Joannie, Ferlay Jacques, Forman David, Mathers Colin, Parkin D, Bray Freddie   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of disability weight for paragonimiasis: a systematic analysis

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
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, Thomas Fürst, Lu Liu, Guo-Jing Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for Policy and Decision Analysis. [PDF]

Med Decis Making
This study outlines methods for modeling disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in common decision-modeling frameworks. Recognizing the wide spectrum of experience and programming comfort level among practitioners, we outline 2 approaches for modeling DALYs in its constituent parts: years of life lost to disease (YLL) and years of life lived with ...
Leech AA, Zhu J, Peterson H, Martin MH, Ratcliff G, Garbett S, Graves JA.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Disability-Adjusted Life Years associated with the pharmaceutical supply chain of five years mebendazole MDA (64 million tablets).

, 2018
Disability-Adjusted Life Years associated with the pharmaceutical supply chain of five years mebendazole MDA (64 million tablets).
Claudia Virginia Gonzalez Torres (5954210), Sam Debaveye (1733074), Shane Kavanagh (5954216), Bert Heirman (1733068), Delphine De Smedt (5954213), Jo Dewulf (1357758)   +5 more
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Global, regional, and national trends in mesothelioma burden from 1990 to 2019 and the predictions for the next two decades

SSM: Population Health, 2023
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, Jialin Liu, Yiling Li, Ziwei Shi, Sheng Wei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for decision-making?: an overview of the literature [PDF]

, 2002
This monograph covers 8 questions: What are Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)? Why were DALYs developed? How are DALYs constructed? How have DALYs been used? What are the principal criticisms of DALYs?
Fox-Rushby, J, Oliver, Adam
core   +1 more source

Total temporary and lifelong years lived with disability, years of life lost and disability-adjusted life-years per 1-year interval (2010–2012).

, 2014
Total temporary and lifelong years lived with disability, years of life lost and disability-adjusted life-years per 1-year interval (2010–2012).
Juanita A. Haagsma (237271), Suzanne Polinder (360134), Annemieke C. Scholten (649069), Martien J. M. Panneman (347330), Ed F. van Beeck (347331)   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Cross-national agreement on disability weights: the European Disability Weights Project

Population Health Metrics, 2003
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, Stouthard Marlies EA, Schwarzinger Michaël, Nord Erik   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burden of COVID-19: Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) across 16 European countries [PDF]

, 2021
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to measure and compare the burden of disease of COVID-19 pandemic in 16 EU/EEA countries through the estimation of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) over a long period of ...
A. Savatteri, M. C. Nurchis, Damiani, G, G. Damiani, D. Pascucci, G. Politano, Politano, G, M. M. Gianino, Savatteri, A, Gianino, Mm, Gianino M. M., Damiani G., Nurchis M. C., Pascucci D.   +13 more
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Determinants of undergraduate bioscience engagement: Validating attendance barriers and classroom spatial behaviour across institutions

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Student engagement extends beyond simple attendance. Across 891 bioscience students from three universities, attendance behaviour was associated mainly with structural influences, whereas classroom spatial behaviour reflected affective and sensory factors.
Nigel Page, Rachel J. Hunt, Lauren J. Albee, Daniel Berwick, Alison Snape   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source