Simple analytics of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) /

Disability adjusted life years lost (DALYs) are one of the most usual health outcome metrics in environmental and health assessments and cost-effectiveness or cost/benefit analysis of interventions in those two areas. The methodology for DALYs´ calculation has been evolving under the Global Burden o...

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Main Author: Conte Grand, Mariana
Format: Book
Language:Spanish
Published: Buenos Aires : Universidad del CEMA, 2014
Series:Serie documentos de trabajo (Universidad del CEMA) ; no. 545
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Online Access:http://www.ucema.edu.ar/publicaciones/download/documentos/545.pdf
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Summary:Disability adjusted life years lost (DALYs) are one of the most usual health outcome metrics in environmental and health assessments and cost-effectiveness or cost/benefit analysis of interventions in those two areas. The methodology for DALYs´ calculation has been evolving under the Global Burden of Disease Project. The objective of this paper is to show in a simple way what lies behind DALYs´ method. The dependence of DALYs´ metric from parameter values and estimates is illustrated using as a base the Fox-Rushby and Hanson (2001) example for depression.
Physical Description:18 p.
ISSN:1668-4575