A national burden of disease calculation: Dutch disability-adjusted life-years. Dutch Burden of Disease Group
Author(s) -
Johan Melse,
MarieLouise EssinkBot,
P.G.N. Kramers,
Nancy Hoeymans
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.90.8.1241
Subject(s) - years of potential life lost , medicine , burden of disease , disability adjusted life year , quality adjusted life year , disease burden , disease , demography , gerontology , environmental health , cost effectiveness , population , life expectancy , pathology , risk analysis (engineering) , sociology
This study estimated the burden of disease due to 48 major causes in the Netherlands in 1994 in disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), using national epidemiologic data and disability weights, and explored associated problems and uncertainties.
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