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The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Burden of disease estimates have become important population health metrics over the past decade to measure losses in health. In Belgium, the disease burden caused by COVID-19 has not yet been estimated, although COVID-19 has emerged as one of
Brecht Devleesschauwer, Lander Willem, Jure Jurčević, Pierre Smith, Aline Scohy, Grant M. A. Wyper, Sara Monteiro Pires, Nina Van Goethem, Philippe Beutels, Nicolas Franco, Steven Abrams, Dieter Van Cauteren, Niko Speybroeck, Niel Hens, Robby De Pauw   +14 more
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Obesity, mortality, and life years lost associated with breast cancer in nonsmoking US women, national health interview survey, 1997-2000 [PDF]

, 2013
INTRODUCTION: The relationship between obesity and breast cancer has been extensively investigated. However, how obesity and breast cancer interplay to affect mortality and life expectancy of women in the United States has not been well studied. METHODS:
Chang, Su-Hsin, Colditz, Graham A, Pollack, Lisa M   +2 more
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Analysis of the characteristics of injury deaths and its disease burden in Taizhou City， Zhejiang Province from 2009 to 2022

Shanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo investigate the characteristics of injury deaths and its disease burden in Taizhou City from 2009 to 2022, and to provide a basis for the prevention and control of injury.MethodsBased on the injury death surveillance data of Taizhou City from
QIAO Dongju, WANG Liangyou, JIA Chaonan, ZHANG Yan, CHEN Xiaoxiao   +4 more
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MORTALITY AND LOST YEARS OF LIFE AS A RESULT OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREMATURE DEATHS

Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, 2014
Aim. Disability and Life-Year Loss (DALYs) is an important healthcare indicator. The first step in DALYs estimation is the measurement of lost years of life due to premature death.
S. A. Boitsov, I. V. Samorodskaya
doaj   +1 more source

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
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Gastric adenocarcinoma: 1-year overall survival, disability-adjusted life years, years of life lost, and prognostic factors—a single-institution experience

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
ObjectiveTo analyze factors affecting 1-year overall survival and burden of gastric adenocarcinoma in a single-institution cohort.MethodsA prospective cohort study of gastric adenocarcinoma patients from a cancer center in São Paulo, Brazil, was ...
Tatiane Tiengo, Gisele Aparecida Fernandes, Maria Paula Curado   +2 more
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Determination of the burden of spinal cord injury and limb amputation as a result of the bam earthquake in 2004

Archives of Trauma Research, 2018
Background and Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the burden of injuries, including spinal cord injuries and limb amputation, caused by the Bam earthquake.
Salman Daneshi, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Mohamadreza Baneshi, Farzaneh Zolala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eflornithine is a cost-effective alternative to melarsoprol for the treatment of second-stage human West African trypanosomiasis in Caxito, Angola. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of eflornithine and melarsoprol in the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. METHOD: We used data from a Médecins Sans Frontières treatment project in Caxito, Angola to do a formal cost-effectiveness ...
Adam, Blum, Burri, Burri, Chappuis, Commission for Macroeconomics and Health, Edejer, Evans, Goldie, Legros, Louis, Lutumba, Matovu, Murray, Murray, Pepin, Pepin, Pepin, Politi, Priotto, Robays, Schmid, Schmid, Stanghellini   +23 more
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Development of a Web-based calculator to estimate DALY and Productivity Losses due to COVID-19

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
Objectives: Ever since the emergence of COVID-19, health and the economy worldwide have witnessed a severe disruption, with infection spreading rapidly, covering 231 countries as of May 07, 2023.
Denny John, M.S. Narassima, Paramita Bhattacharya, Nirmalya Mukherjee, Jaideep Menon, Amitava Banerjee   +5 more
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The HIT Network for Children and Adolescents With CNS Tumors Facilitates Improvements of Diagnostic Assessments, Multimodal Treatments, Individual Counseling, and Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The HIT network was established in 2000 to create a population‐based structure aiming to improve survival rates and reduce late effects for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors by conducting comprehensive clinical trials.
Stefan Rutkowski, Michael C. Frühwald, Gudrun Fleischhack, Stephan Tippelt, Pablo Hernáiz‐Driever, Olaf Witt, Astrid Gnekow, Christof Kramm, Matthias Eyrich, Johannes E. A. Wolf, Hermann Müller, Carsten Friedrich, Uwe R. Kordes, Denise Obrecht‐Sturm, Petra Ketteler, Barbara von Zezschwitz, Pascal Johann, Dominik Sturm, Karoline Nemes, Stefan Schönberger, Till Milde, Brigitte Bison, Monika Warmuth‐Metz, Torsten Pietsch, Ulrich Schüller, Arend Koch, David Capper, Martin Hasselblatt, Christian Thomas, Christian Hagel, Stefan M. Pfister, Felix Sahm, David T. W. Jones, Martin U. Schuhmann, Jürgen Krauss, Pedram Emami, Ahmed El Damaty, Rolf D. Kortmann, Rudolf Schwarz, Jürgen Debus, Mechthild Krause, Fabian Pohl, Holger Ottensmeier, Lisa Bußenius, Katja Baust, Andreas Faldum, Cecile Ronckers, Desiree Grabow, Martin Benesch, Thomas Perwein, Karin Dieckmann, Irene Slavc, Johannes Gojo, Nicolas U. Gerber, André O. von Bueren, Katrin Scheinemann, Gabriele Calaminus, Beate Timmermann, Ulrich‐Wilhelm Thomale, Martin Mynarek   +59 more
wiley   +1 more source